Fang Congzhe said: "What is the truth of this? The further east they go, the more money they make? ”

Bi Ziyan said: "That's true. Last time, Minister Yang said that the further east, the better the quality of ginseng, the more specialties, and after these materials are transported back to the north and south, they will make a lot of profits and can subsidize a large part of military spending. ”

Since the God of Wealth said so, Fang Congzhe had no reason to object, although he still wanted to object, Ye Conggao had no choice but to remain silent.

As a result, the decree was issued, and the celebrations in various places became more enthusiastic, because the levy was abolished. Although the salary is not much, in the eyes of the peasants, this is a part of the overpaid tax, and they feel much more comfortable after the abolition.

It's just that the emperor didn't give amnesty to the world, which made some people not very satisfied, but the holy decree said that the number of people in the autumn duel would be reduced, which is better than nothing. Moreover, in the weekly newspaper, the reason why the amnesty is not granted to the world is also detailed: the law is sacred, and it cannot be pardoned for the offender who breaks the law. As for the reduction in the number of people in the autumn execution, it is to investigate unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, so as not to wrongfully punish good people, and all cases that are not ironclad evidence can extend the period of execution of prisoners by one year, so that there can be a division to conduct further investigations. Moreover, the weekly newspaper also said that there will no longer be such a thing as an amnesty in the future. Pardon may only be in rare cases, and must be killed by the victim of the country, in which case the prisoner may be paried and may apply for pardon, and finally decided by His Majesty the Emperor. And within a year, the emperor could pardon no more than twelve prisoners, which was equivalent to one per month.

The effect of this incident is very significant, and some of them are treacherous and deceitful, that is, they commit crimes before the emperor may grant amnesty, so as to escape the punishment of the law. Now that there is no longer an amnesty, let these people start to weigh the consequences before committing crimes.

Soon Nurhachi's coffin came to the capital with Abahai, Dordor, and Dolgon. There is no disagreement on how to deal with living people, isn't it just to find a place to raise them first. But there are three completely different opinions on the treatment of the dead.

The thick burial faction represented by Fang Congzhe and Ye Xianggao believed that Nurhachi should be buried with the rites of the king, while the head faction represented by Sun Chuanting believed that he should be beheaded and teleported to the nine sides. There is another faction that can be called the eclectic faction, like Xu Guangqi and Bi Ziyan belong to this faction, they are against the other two factions, thinking that the thick burial faction is too lenient, and the owl head faction is too harsh, thinking that just burial is okay.

The three factions argued, and Zhu Youxiao thought for a long time and said: "If you have a thick burial, it is too cheap for the slave chief, and our benevolence is not here to treat the enemy." In fact, I like the method very much, I can let out a bad breath, just treat the dead enemy, and after all, I can't get over it in my heart, and I have a bit of a meaning of killing a tiger. That's still according to the meaning of Xu and Bi, the two elders, and they will be buried casually. But I think it's better to be buried in Liaodong. The transportation was troublesome, so the coffin was incinerated and then sent to be buried outside the border wall of Liaodong. ”

Ye Xiang said urgently: "Your Majesty, burning the coffin is only afraid that it will anger the Jurchens and is not conducive to restraining them." ”

Xu Guangqi said: "Master Ye don't worry, the Jurchen barbarians, cremation is also their custom. ”

Zhu Youxiao didn't know that the Jurchens had cremations, he just wanted to burn Nurhachi, and he didn't expect that he had done it right by mistake, and he was a little proud and a little unwilling.

He thought for a moment and said, "So be it." Let Huang Taiji and his relatives meet before burning the slave chieftain. ”

When Huang Taiji heard the news that Nurhachi was dead and Liaodong had been pacified, he locked himself in his room and did not eat. The guard didn't care about him, but just said something to the above. When Wei Zhongxian heard this, he smiled and said, "If we have to die, we can't just feed him food, ignore him." ”

As a result, three days later, Huang Taiji began to eat again. And on this day, several brocade guards came to his room and said: "The emperor has a decree to go to see the Jurchen and sweat with the remnants of Jiannu Emperor Taiji." ”

Huang Taiji didn't say a word, and followed Jinyiwei to a mansion. When they entered the door, they saw Dodor and Dorgon on their knees, crying, "Starling. ”

Huang Taiji stepped forward, helped the two of them up, and entered the inner room together. Abahai also came to see Huang Taiji, and after Huang Taiji finished saluting, several people sat down.

Dolgon recounted the situation of the state department after Huang Taiji was captured. Huang Taiji's face changed, and after listening to it, he scolded: "Dai Shan is too shameless. ”

Dolgon thought to himself, it wasn't your good nephew Yueto who single-handedly drove Duoduo from the throne.

Abahai also once sent food to Huang Taiji, although Huang Taiji did not accept it, Abahai still felt that there was a favor. She asked, "Four Baylor, now we are orphans and widows, and we are afraid that we will have to rely on Four Baylor." ”

Huang Taiji sighed and said: "Now I can't protect myself, who knows when I will let the Ming army cut off his head." Concubine rest assured, since the emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not kill you at the first time, he will not kill you again later, and you can still be expected to end up in Beijing. ”

Abahai sighed, looked at the two children who were only ten years old, and felt inexplicable grief in his heart. Huang Taiji glanced at her and said, "There is no way, the Han people have a saying, now others are knives, and we are fish and meat." But we used to make knives too. ”

"I don't want to make fish, I want to make knives." ”

Huang Taiji said: "Who would want to be a fish?" But it's not just a matter of thinking about it, if your race is strong, you can become a knife, and if your race is weakened, then you can only make fish. Jianzhou has been defeated, we are no better than the Ming Dynasty, they will not be broken after suffering a few defeats, and they can quickly turn the situation around, our small country, if we lose, we will never have a chance again. ”

Dorgon asked, "Starling, what should we do?" ”

Huang Taiji smiled: "Calm down, you can do whatever the Ming people say, that's it." ”

Dorgon and Dorgon looked at each other, both helpless. Starling has been locked up for so long and has been abolished, two little children, who else can they rely on?

Huang Taiji talked for a while, and then left. Jin Yiwei took him to the room where Nurhachi's coffin was placed, the coffin had been nailed, and Huang Taiji kowtowed a few times in the coffin, and then walked out of the room without looking back.

After getting into the carriage, Chen Tai said quietly: "Master, we have already been contacted, we will send five people, and the slave will personally lead the team." ”

Huang Taiji gritted his teeth and said: "There is no room for failure in this matter, as long as we kill Zhu Youxiao, we will be able to turn over." ”