The situation faced by the Manchus today is indeed a bit of a dilemma.

After all, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is inexperienced in governance, and when the Eight Banners are corrupted, it will not be able to unify the world.

Dolgon frowned and looked at the ministers, and said in a deep voice: "According to the detailed report, Zhu Cihong reformed the tax system in Nanjing, organized and trained a new army, and Gao Cheng became the queen in Xi'an, and he also made frequent moves. In the territory controlled by the Qing Dynasty, Beizhi, Shandong, and Henan are all ruined lands, and only Lianghuai and Shanxi are in slightly better condition. Compared with rest and recuperation, it may not be comparable to Nanjing and Xi'an. If the truce is too long, it will only give Nanjing and Xi'an time to reform and strengthen the army, so they must interrupt the process of reform and strengthening the army! ”

Dol Roll means that it is stronger than governing the local government and changing the law, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty can't compare, so it is still better than war, using war to interrupt the reform process in Nanjing, and using war to interrupt Gao Yihuan's cultivation and recuperation.

At this time, many Manchu officials in the hall groaned and whispered, thinking hard to see what to do, but found that there was no good strategy.

Not long ago, a battle was fought, and it has been proved that Nanjing cannot be destroyed, nor Gao Yihuan has been defeated, so if you wait for another year or two, it is estimated that it will only be more difficult to fight than now.

Hauge saw that the officials were talking about it, but suddenly said loudly: "Regent, this king thinks that if today's three-thirds of the momentum has been achieved. Now that the strength is not enough, why does the regent have to rule the world? With the strength of our Qing Dynasty, it is not difficult to consolidate the existing territory and maintain the results, and blindly rushing to attack can only fail to destroy the enemy, and at the same time lead to the instability of its own foundation, if the attack fails again, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Hauge stood up, glanced at the Manchu ministers in the hall, and then continued: "This king thinks that it is important to consolidate the territory and strengthen the control of the local areas at present. As for dominating the world, they will follow the trend, start a war when they have the opportunity, and maintain the existing territory if they don't have the opportunity. If our Qing Dynasty takes the protection of the current territory as the first goal and lays a solid foundation, it will be invincible, so why must we unify the world? ”

As soon as he said this, the temple immediately began to discuss, and there was an instant noise.

Haoge means that it is difficult for the Qing Dynasty to destroy Gao Yihuan and Zhu Cihong now, but it is easy to control the existing territory, since it can't be destroyed, it is better to maintain the current situation, like the former Jin, it is also a good choice to rule the north.

Now the Manchurian aristocracy is no better than when they were outside the customs, and after they entered the customs, they encircled the land and became slave owners.

has a family and a business, and after life is better, people don't want to work so hard.

The Qing Dynasty fought wars every year, and the iron-clad men couldn't bear it.

Doer's approach is to block the current belongings, dominate the world if he wins, and roll back to the customs if he loses, while Hauge hopes to keep the current gains first, and is unwilling to press all the belongings.

It's like a person who has a thousand taels of silver in his hand, and if he presses it all up, he has a fifty percent chance of winning another thousand taels, but if he loses, he has nothing.

Another option is to bet only 500 taels and have a 20% chance of winning another 1,000 taels.

Most people would choose the latter.

For a while, many people in the palace began to support Hauge's remarks.

Listening to the noise in the hall, Dol's face gradually became gloomy, and he saw that Hauge's face was a little complacent, and his heart was full of contempt for this eldest nephew, which was really childish.

"Quiet!" Dole let out a roar.

The noise in the hall immediately fell silent, and the ministers immediately lowered their heads and lowered their hands, and the ferocity of Dol Roll could be seen.

At this time, Dolgon looked at Hauge and said coldly: "This king only says one word, and on the side of the couch, how can he allow others to snore." If you don't defeat your opponents when you're strong, do you wait for them to be strong and then fight you? You don't even have this ambition, and you are trying to divide the territory, but will Gao Rebellion and Nanjing make you more peaceful? ”

Hauge's face flushed, unconvinced, and was about to argue, but Zilharang on the side gave him a look.

For a while, everyone in the hall was silent, the needle drop could be heard, and the atmosphere became depressing.

At this time, Hong Chengchou hesitated, but still stood up and saluted: "Regent, the minister thinks that in the current situation, my Qing Dynasty still has an advantage, and if you only face one side, then the advantage will be even more obvious." ”

When Dolgon saw Hong Chengchou come out to speak, his expression looked a little better, "You go on!" ”

Last time, Hong Chengchou put forward a number of suggestions to Dol Roll, and Dol Roll adopted them and implemented them, but they were resolved by Gao Yihuan, making him very passive in front of Dolgon.

In this regard, Hong Chengchou has been observing the current situation, summing up the lessons of failure, and has come up with a new strategy, which is just between the strategy of Dorgon and Hauge.

At this time, Hong Chengchou saluted and said: "The minister thinks that the three parties are fighting, and if they don't advance, they will retreat." In the face of Gao Wei and Nanjing at the same time, I really had more than enough heart but not enough strength. Therefore, the minister thought that he should first set a major target between Nanjing and Xi'an, and then concentrate his forces to attack one of them, and the chances of victory were still quite large. Nanjing was more than well defended, but not enterprising, and the naval army was powerful, so the threat to our dynasty was much smaller. The high-rebellious soldiers and horses are strong and strangely developed, and they pose a huge threat to our DPRK. If we attack Nanjing, we need to leave a large number of soldiers and horses to defend against Gao, and if we want to attack Gaochao, we only need a few soldiers and horses to defend Nanjing. In addition, our dynasty lacked warships, so the minister thought that the main target should be set on Gao Zhi. ”

Dol rolled his head, agreeing with his opinion, but he also had to admit that Gao Yihuan was really difficult to deal with, "Then how should the king deal with Gao Yi?" ”

Hong Chengchou said: "After this war, the imperial court has suffered huge losses in armaments, grain and grass, and the high reverse occupies the advantage of the terrain, once the war starts, it will be a long-term dispute." The minister thought that he had to replenish the grain, grass and equipment first, and he couldn't hit half of it, and because of the lack of food, he gave up halfway. Now that the Qing Dynasty occupies Lianghuai, where there are many rivers suitable for farming, the imperial court must restore production in the Lianghuai region as soon as possible. The Ming Dynasty vassal kings in the north had a lot of land, and now most of it is deserted, and the court can hand over the land to the people to cultivate, reducing rebellion at the same time, and the court can also collect a sum of grain. In addition, the imperial court can also smuggle grain from the south to collect it. After such a autumn harvest next year, the imperial court will inevitably have sufficient military rations. ”

Hong Chengchou paused, and continued: "The person who Gao Cheng relies on, in addition to the Huguang granary, the firearms in his hand are also quite powerful. Last time, the imperial court seized some of the equipment used by Gao Wei in southern Henan, such as self-made fire guns, copper cannons, etc., and the court should allocate silver to imitate them, and send fine workers to dig up the craftsmen of Gao Wei. If the equipment and grain and grass are properly prepared, after the autumn harvest next year, the imperial court will be able to raise a large army and fight again with Gao Wei. ”

Dol rolled his head slightly, "In more than a year, my Qing army has solved the problem of grain, grass and ordnance, and I am afraid that Gao Rebellion will also develop rapidly." At that time, if the war starts, I am afraid that the high reverse will go to another level. What means do you have to interfere with the development of high inversion? ”

Hong Chengchou said quite confidently: "Yes! You can instigate Moxi and Mobei Mongolia to go south and plunder Guanzhong. In this way, Gao Yihuan's energy will be restrained, and his troops and military funds will be consumed in the war against the Mongols. It was a year of recuperation in the Qing Dynasty, but the Western Wei Dynasty thought it was a tired soldier, and it was not difficult to break it! ”

Dolroll understood what Hong Chengchou meant, that is, the Qing Dynasty recuperated and consolidated its own strength, but it instigated the Mongols to attack Gao Yihuan, so that he could not recuperate.

In this way, the strength of the Qing army increased, and the strength of the Wei army decreased, and under the increase and decrease, it would be much easier for the Qing army to destroy Wei again.

"Good!" Dolgon held the throne with both hands and looked at Hong Chengchou, "The imperial court will follow this strategy." Master Hong, the matter of counterfeiting equipment, this king will hand it over to you. As for the contact with Mongolia, it will be presided over by King Li! ”

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