At the end of May, Fan Erxi finally arrived at naturalization with the Qing trade ambassador, which tired him along the way, and he seemed to have lost a lot of weight, but when he saw the affairs of the Great Commander's Office in charge of Qing affairs, he couldn't help laughing - he and Chang Shu met in Shengjing, but he never imagined that the former Jin trade ambassador to Fengzhou turned into a high-ranking official in Fengzhou, and in turn received the new trade ambassador of the Qing State, Chang Shu was annoyed by laughter, scolded a few words, and let them go to Li Yu's study by themselves.

"Great Commander, your popularity in the Qing Kingdom is too good, the gifts I gave you are loaded in seven or eight carts, and I hurried to get naturalized, but you will never think of the new trade ambassador I brought." Fan Erxi entered the study and said with a smile, pushing the person behind him down in front of Li Yu.

The person in front of him was a little old, wrinkles crawled all over his forehead, wisps of green silk were sandwiched in a big braid, and he was looking at him with red eyes - as if he was very familiar, Li Yu looked at it for a while, and suddenly exclaimed and hugged the man: "Brother Bayanha, how could it be you, I really didn't expect it!" Fan Erxi, why didn't you tell me earlier. ”

"No wonder Lao Fan, we want to surprise you, in fact, I didn't expect the emperor to send me as this trade ambassador, maybe he thought I was useless, and kicked me to you, okay, I can still be with a good brother in this life, Lao Bayanha is happy!" Bayanha rubbed his eyes and said, his life is really not easy - born as a small trader, not much literacy and can not fight, although he is an old man when the old Khan raised the army, but has been nesting in the position of Niu Lu Ezhen, after the new Khan ascended the throne, his situation was even worse, because he was secretly doing small business was pushed to the end, and he had no official title when he went to the flag as an errand, this time it was time to operate, the Qing Emperor wanted to find someone Li Yu could accept to be the ambassador of trade, but he was afraid that there would be a person like Changshu who would turn against the water, so he found out, casually sent a third-class Meler Zhangjing title to naturalize as an errand, in the final analysis, he was still stained with Li Yu's light.

"It's a happy event for the old brothers to meet, but don't you want to cry and wipe your tears," Fan Erxi and Bayanha have known each other for a long time, Li Yu was still in Shenyang at that time, in order to let the villagers in Beitunzi have something to eat, they introduced the two to do a small business privately, thinking of the love at that time, Fan Erxi also felt that his eyes were sour, and he hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Great commander, take a look at your gifts, there are Qing Emperors, princes, Baylors, Ying Erdai, Bai Ge, Ashan, Xifu Uncle and nephew also have to fortify something, Qing people are as honest as we Fengzhou people." , it's not good not to pick up. ”

"Erlu, the villagers of Beitunzi asked me to bring a few bags of sorghum rice, the iron spear, the bull's eye brother is poor, I heard that I am going to naturalize, specially went into the mountains to collect a lot of pine nuts and fungus for you, everyone said that Elu has not been back to Liaodong for many years, and he must be allowed to eat the things of his hometown, you must not dislike it, our old Zhushen is a mountain person, who is good to us and remembers it!" Bayanha said with a smile.

"Hello folks, I remember them too." Li Yu couldn't help but sigh for a while, pulled Bayanha to sit down, and then poured him a cup of tea, Fan Erxi walked out of the study very interestingly, and closed the door casually.

Bayanha took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Li Yu, the letter was written by the Qing Emperor himself, in which he said: Mang Gurtai, Derge, and Mang Guji have long been conservative and opposed to the new system, and they have gone further and further away from the correct line of the Dajin court, and then developed into a conspiracy to restore the old system. Of course, cannibalism is very painful, but this is a life-and-death struggle, if Mang Gurtai and others succeed in their conspiracy, they will treat him in the same way, since Dajin has chosen to study under the Ming Kingdom, then he must implement the rule of law, and he can't tolerate the slightest personal distraction, so he has to kill the killer. Facts proved that he was right, defeated this gang of conspirators, Zhushen successfully changed the name of Manchuria, and then established the Qing Empire, under the wise leadership of the Qing court with him as the core, Zhushen, Mongolians, and Han people can live happily in the Manchurian family and realize their respective Qing dreams. Some people don't understand, thinking that he has to fight for an emperor, but in fact, this is the most bitter errand in the world, if it is not for the common people, why should he suffer this hardship. It is difficult to govern the world, there are not many people who do things solidly, but there are many people with ill intentions, Haoge is his only adult son, but this guy lacks heart, he would rather listen to his mother-in-law than listen to him, or Erlu, the godson, is sensible and can often help him, so first give a king of Dorojin County, and then add the title of prince after a few years, Fengzhou can also implement the Zaksa system at any time, and the trade between the two sides should continue to be strengthened, and the 50,000 taels of silver bills promised to lend him must be delivered as soon as possible.

After reading the letter, Li Yu closed his eyes and thought for a while, and then asked Bayanha softly: "Brother, is life okay at home?" ”

"It's not good, Liaodong has a disaster and famine every year, and there is always not enough food to eat, the emperor has to take the young man to fight, my youngest brother died in the Daling River, and my son also died in Yanghe the year before last," Bayanha saw that Li Yu was about to speak, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Our old Zhushen understands the rules, and it is his own ability to kill people in war, and he can't complain about others, in fact, in fact, Lao Zhushen still blamed you a little at first, you are our Baturu, why do you help the Mongols fight us?" Everyone now understands that you are right to flee from Liaodong, otherwise you will have to get into trouble sooner or later with your virtue, and you have at least left us a way back in Fengzhou, this time you did the right thing to do to contain the brothers of Zhenglanqi, and everyone praised you for your righteousness in private. ”

Bayanha couldn't help but stand up and said, "I don't understand, how can the same Amma's sons and daughters succeed, and so many brothers of the same clan, more than a thousand lives, forty or fifty people chopped alive, that scream always rings in my ears." The emperor has changed, and he is no longer the kind Sibeile of the past, he has forgotten the traditions of our old Zhushen, but he has gone to listen to the words of those Han officials. It's ridiculous, Lao Khan took us to drive away the officials of the Ming State who ate people, but the emperor reused them as treasures, and even the Han people who were captured from Guannai knew that they would rather be the Aha of the old Zhushen family than recognize the Han officials as masters, and they were ruthless with their own people. Good brother, the old brother has no ability, he can't help you, but he also looks forward to your good, the old Zhushen said, one day Erlu Batulu comes back, maybe Zhushen's life will be better. ”

Li Yu sighed, stood up and walked a few steps, and then changed the topic: "I sent you a letter, please go to Wula Mountain to see, how are those old people?" ”

"The Wudai brothers asked Qingzhuang to go to Wula Mountain, the old people are almost dead, the old shaman is also dead, and the remaining two were taken back to Beitunzi, and they also died last year," Bayanha shook his head and replied, Li Yu's tears welled up, Wula Mountain was the beginning of his memory, but now there is no one left, Bayanha comforted a few words, and then took out a piece of paper and handed it to Li Yu, "Abatai Beleto I brought it to you, Gege is a good woman, I have been thinking about you, you should take their mother and son to your side." ”

There is a little boy painted on the paper, and three words are crookedly written "Little Erlu" - this is the handwriting of Erniu, Li Yu covered his head and was in pain, he also wanted to be far away Erniu and Xiao Li Liao, every time a caravan went to Ulan Hada, he brought some rare things to Sergulun, and the willing Cuckold Sergulun will naturally be transferred to Erniu's mother and son, everyone tacitly shut their mouths, this matter will not only affect many people, but also disrupt the political situation in Fengzhou, no one dares to take this risk.

"It's not that I don't want to, but I don't dare, please keep this matter secret, and I'll find a way in the future." Li Yu said with a long sigh.

"I'm tight-lipped, the old master is bent, the emperor finally gave him a name when he ascended the throne, but it was 'Doro Rao Yu Belle', Rao Yu is redundant, the old master has become a superfluous person, the emperor is too humiliating." Bayanha nodded solemnly, he was Abatai's confidant, he had already known about Li Yu and Erniu, and understood what the consequences would be for the old master if the matter was revealed.

After sending Bayangha away, Li Yu went to the main hall of the Great Commander's Mansion - there have been too many things recently, the General Consulate Office held a meeting of the Commander's Office to plan a response, the Commander's Office has arrived, and the personnel have also changed a little, Chang Shu replaced Ge Kuli, who was transferred to the Military Affairs Department of Zanhua, and Cai Ruxun replaced Bu Yantu, who was transferred to the Eastern Xingtai, and Sun Tingyao as the head of the Chamber of Commerce, Shen Shoulian, and Wang Fang as the leaders of the Liberal Party and the Civic Party were appointed as the leaders of the Liberal Party and the Civic Party, and they were eligible to participate in the Central Council, and Governor Liu Zhilun couldn't help but get on the boat of Fengzhou, Naturally, he is indispensable for important meetings.

As soon as Li Yu arrived, he handed the letter of the Qing Emperor to Chang Shu and asked him to read it out in public - the emperor's writing is really not very good, and there are some typos in the middle, which is very similar to Li Yu's style of writing letters. Immediately drew laughter.

"Mu monkey and crown, the king does not issue an edict, in the end he is still a chieftain." Liu Zhilun said sarcastically.

Zhao Ji immediately continued: "Of course he won't issue an edict, I'm afraid that we will use it to wipe our butts." ”

Everyone laughed back and forth, but Chang Shu put away his smiling face, and seriously analyzed the situation of the Qing State - Liaodong is a bitter cold land, with continuous disasters, a shortage of grain and cotton, and a major epidemic outbreak from time to time, the Jin State has faced difficulties from the beginning of the founding of the country, and the two generations of Khan kings have hoped to make peace and trade with the Ming State to relieve the pressure of survival, but they have not received a response, only to fight hard, but to fight will die, so the scarcity of population in Zhushen has become its biggest weakness. Since Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne, he swept the land of Heilongjiang in the north, took the savages of Huerha, Varkha and Sauron into the Eight Banners, conquered the Har Mongolia in the west, collected the Xilamulun River and the Karaqin tribes as foreign vassals, attacked the border towns of the Ming Kingdom in the south, captured the Ming army and the people innumerable, the population is there, but how to use it has become a big problem, Fengzhou's practice has inspired him, and the name of the clan is "Manchuria" is actually to imitate the "same race and different customs" of Fengzhou, and integrate the Han, Mongolian, and Zhushen ethnic groups as one. Huang Taiji suppressed the opposition with bloody means, and successfully established a new ethnic group - "Manchuria", he had the Zhushen Eight Banners, the Mongolian Eight Banners, the Han Army currently has two banners, but it is likely to be expanded to eight banners in the future, these people have been included in the "Manchuria" to become Manchurians, the strength of the Qing State has increased suddenly, and the Huang Taiji waist pole is hard, and the ambition is greater, so he ascended the throne as the emperor. Ming is too stupid, repeatedly refused to negotiate peace after forcing out a bad tiger, the room for peace between the two sides is already very small, with the current strength of the Qing army is fully able to take Liaoxi, until the Shanhaiguan down, but they are not in a hurry, but use Liaoxi to constantly consume the strength of the opponent, when the Ming State is exhausted, it is the day when they enter the customs in a big way, the final loser of the two tigers must be the Ming Kingdom, this is the price they pay for their arrogance.

"The original strength of the Qing State is insufficient, and the young and strong troops of its Aha and foreign domains, it is great to send 50,000 or 60,000 people to the expedition, but at present, the strength has increased exponentially, and the available troops will definitely exceed 100,000, and the Ming Kingdom will not have a good life in the future, and we have to prepare for the future as soon as possible, whether it is the Qing State or the Ming Kingdom, any one will become bigger, and the next goal must be us." Chang Shu finally said.

"We had an agreement with the Qing State that they were only allowed to coerce the Ming State into making peace within the Northern Zhili Territory, but the Jin State Khan said that the emperor was very likely to break the treaty, and if they entered Shandong and Shanxi, then we would also have to take action." Yun Rong shook his head, turned his face to Liu Zhilun and reminded, "Lord Governor, have you reported the current situation to the imperial court, in fact, there are two days in the sky is not a big deal, and it will be long in the future, agreeing to peace is at least the best way for the imperial court to solve the current crisis." ”

"It's useless, the Ming Dynasty has been a vassal of Jianzhou for more than 200 years, and he can't afford to lose this face, the emperor and the courtiers don't dare to mention the word peace," Liu Zhilun sighed, he and Chen Xinjia, the governor of Xuanfu, a fellow villager in Sichuan, talked about this issue privately, and Chen Xinjia also felt the same way, but both of them had concerns, Liu Zhilun thought about it and said, "Maybe the emperor and the courtiers are right, at present, the Ming Dynasty is in a storm, and the peace with Jiannu will only make people's hearts more chaotic. ”

"That is to say, to negotiate peace with Jiannu is to seek death, and to negotiate with Jiannu is to wait for death, but this will cost you all your money," Du Wenhuan sneered, stood up and said to everyone, "If there is chaos today, and the Ming Dynasty is hopeless, my Fengzhou only protects China and not the Ming Dynasty, and the Military Affairs Department of Zanhua proposes to expand the army immediately." ”

"Let's discuss the matter in front of us first," Li Yu pondered for a moment and asked Namur, "If we don't send troops, do you think Khalkha can withstand the attack of the Qing army?" ”

"The Khalkha is too poor, there is nothing but cattle and sheep that the people rely on for their lives, and it is impossible to solve the supply problem of the army, and the cost of our troops is too great," Namur opened a map, pointed and said, "The strength of the Khalkha people is too weak, the decisive battle will be lost, it is impossible to withstand the attack of the Qing army, but they can drag down the Qing army, the Khalkha region is vast, sparsely populated, everywhere is sand, Gobi, the people live by water and grass, you can go if you want, so it is more effective to take a strong wall to clear the wilderness, mobile raids, The Qing army's long-distance campaign consumes a huge amount, if it cannot be quickly resolved, but entangled with the Khalkhas, and the army will definitely withdraw within two months, the key is that we must let the Khalkhas muster up the courage to fight to the end. ”

"This is a way, the Zanhua Military Affairs Department immediately sent people to Khalkha to assist in formulating the war strategy regulations, and told Shuo Lei and Gunbu to fight like this, food and weapons will be given to them, and it is a great achievement to persevere to the end." Li Yu nodded, and then motioned for Du Wenhuan to continue.

Du Wenhuan opened and closed the map and carefully explained the battle strategy - the military affairs department of Zanhua believed that the supply of the battlefield outside the customs was difficult and the consumption was huge, and the victory and national strength did not help, but defeat would lead to the disaster of destroying the country, Fengzhou and the Qing State had to be cautious, and the two sides may continue to conflict for a long time in the future, but they will try to avoid a large-scale decisive battle. The attention of the Qing State is always in the Guannai, and the Jin Khan called the emperor also proved this, as long as the Ming State refuses to negotiate peace, or the terms of the peace negotiation are not satisfactory, the two sides will continue to fight, and the Qing army will never stop at Beizhili, we must be ready to send troops to the Guannai at any time, but this is not a bad thing, the battle in the Guannai is more beneficial to us, one can use the battlefield advantage to consume the strength of the Qing State, the other can use the power of the Qing army to consume the strength of the Ming State, and the three can take this opportunity to achieve the goal of going south. We have to take countermeasures according to the situation, if the Ming State holds the Beijing Division, as long as the Qing army goes beyond the north Zhili step, we will send troops to assist the Ming State to expel the Qing army out of the pass, if the Ming State loses the Beijing Division, then the situation will be complicated, the eastern part of the Ming State can only be ceded to the Qing State, we must immediately go south to Huguang, have food in our hands and then look for a decisive battle opportunity with the Qing army, but in any case, Juyong Pass, Taihang Mountain west can not let a step, if the Qing army dares to invade the west must be attacked. The premise of realizing this strategy is to expand the army, and at present Fengzhou has two cavalry, two infantry, and one artillery artillery, and this strength can only protect itself, and must be expanded to at least four cavalry, four infantry, and two artillery artillery, and each association must reach 5,000 troops, and 50,000 strong soldiers can advance and retreat freely.

There was silence in the main hall, and after a long while, Li Huai said with a worried face. "There is no problem for us to fight on the Yangtze River after the expansion of the army, but how can we stand on our feet? Shanxi has our people, and it is easy to get it, but Henan and Huguang are full of thieves, especially Henan, where hungry people are everywhere and a piece of erosion, which will definitely become our weakness. ”

"Don't forget, we are also the official army of the Ming Dynasty, it is natural to suppress the thieves, the government is disobedient, we will kill a few Liwei in the name of thieves, the thieves are disobedient, we will beat hard, the thief is also our northern Shaanxi, teach a few times to be honest, the Qing army wants to fight Henan, I wish they were also trapped, the Qing army entered Henan, I entered Shandong, that is also their weakness, it depends on whose hand is faster and more ruthless." Du Wenhuan replied indifferently.

"Old handsome Huwei, we support the expansion of the army, and we support going south." Li Jianji, Sun Tingyao, Shen Shoulian and others suddenly became excited, waving their fists and shouting.