After Zhu Youzhen listened to Du Du's report, he didn't express any opinions, but changed the topic and asked: "Dong Ningbo Bo has worked hard this time, you have investigated very carefully, and I am very happy."

After you and Uncle Jin Zhou returned to my Ming Dynasty, I neglected to care about it during this time, and today while you are here, I also happen to ask you, are you still used to living in the capital? Do you have any comments on your current work? ”

After entering the upper study, Du Du, who had been cautious and even sat cautiously, was silent for a while after hearing Chongzhen's question, and then boldly said to the emperor: "The Ming Dynasty is far better than Shenyang, and with the gift of His Majesty, the life of the ministers is not lacking, so there is no inconvenience.

However, the ministers and the people of Ahsan, since they were children, grew up in the border fortress, and only knew martial arts such as horseback riding and archery, and were not good at writing and ink. If they can get His Majesty's permission, the ministers will want to serve His Majesty on the battlefield. ”

Zhu Youzhen thought about it for a while, and then said to Du Du: "Now there are eight or nine hundred Jurchen people living in the capital, and if you choose one, you can also send four or five hundred soldiers." Although I had dispersed them into the army and asked them to teach Houjin how to fight on horseback and shoot with a bow, the two sides did not speak the same language, and not only did not do what I meant, but caused many incidents.

I thought about it, and thought it would be better to gather them together and form a separate army. In the future, if the war between our Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty continues, then the number of surrendered Jurchens and others will inevitably increase, and we must finally find a way to manage them, so that conflicts between them and the Han people will not break out all day long.

Therefore, I plan to imitate the system of the Eight Banners of the Later Jin Dynasty and set up the Eight Banners of Loyalty and Righteousness of the Ming Dynasty, which will be used to organize and manage the loyal people who will wake up and throw themselves into my Ming Dynasty. Of course, there are still some differences between the Eight Banners of the Ming Dynasty and the Eight Banners of the Houjin, first of all, the number of Niu Lu fighters is set to vests, 40 foot armor, and 20 archers.

I plan to establish three flags of yellow, white, and blue, and each flag will temporarily receive two oxen. You, Ahsan, and Erli each lead a banner, and Adahai, Yasun, and Chata assist you in managing the day-to-day affairs of the banner. What do you personally think? ”

Du Du hurriedly got up, then bowed down to Chongzhen and said, "The minister swears allegiance to Your Majesty..."

Zhu Youzhen and Du Du chatted a few more words about the formation of the Eight Banners of Loyalty, and then asked Du Du, who was a little excited, to go down and discuss with Ah Shan, Erli and others, and come up with a plan for the formation of the Eight Banners of Loyalty and Righteousness, and handed it over to him for review.

After watching the elated Du Du walk out of the upper study, Zhu Youzhen instructed Lu Qi: "Send someone to investigate the situation in Shenyang City again, and see what is the attitude of the other Jurchen relatives when the Houjin Great Khan disposes of Amin?" Have there been any sword soldiers in the city? What is the current situation of Amin and the Blue Flag? Well, it's best to contact Song Xiance, and if he is caught by mistake, see if you can rescue him. ”

Lu Qi agreed, and then said to Chongzhen: "This morning, the minister received a report from Guangdong, saying that the matter of Macao has been properly handled. Liu Xingzuo, deputy envoy of the Guangdong Maritime Tract, also wrote to say that he had taken control of the large and small forts in Macao, and suggested that the Humen Fort, which was originally at the mouth of the Pearl River in Guangzhou, be linked with the garrisons of Macao and Hong Kong to form a unified subordinate system of Guangdong's coastal defense.

This will not only prevent merchant ships or pirates from storming the Pearl River waterways, but will also allow support from the other two if any of these three places are attacked. In this way, the safety performance of the three areas will be greatly improved...

In addition, after Her Royal Highness accepts the allegiance of merchants from Goa and other places, she will set off for the north in the near future. The approximate itinerary is to take a boat to Shanghai, then transfer to the newly built Shanghai-Zhenjiang railway, and then take a boat back to Beijing via the canal. ”

Zhu Youzhen glanced at the clock in the corner of the wall a little carelessly, and then replied lazily: "Write a letter for me to tell Isabella, tell her that you must be careful on the road, and you don't have to rush to the road." This season, the typhoons along the southeast coast have almost stopped, but we must not fail to be vigilant.

It's almost time, Wang Chengen brought the few things made by Wensiyuan, I want to go to see my daughter and son, and other things will be talked about in the afternoon. ”

On July 25, the third day after Du Du's report to the emperor, an officer of the Social Investigation Department rushed back to the capital from Jinzhou, and he brought information that confirmed what Erli and others had said that a political struggle had broken out against Amin in Jin, and that the struggle had ended in a crushing defeat for Amin.

On July 29, a man from the Four Seas Trading Company in Shenyang arrived in the capital, and this real identity was Jinyiwei's man, who brought more detailed news to Chongzhen.

In early July, the Han official Ma Guozhu suddenly impeached Amin during the Later Jin Dynasty meeting, saying that he had behaved in a domineering manner and did not take the Great Khan and other Jurchen relatives and nobles seriously. What's more, on the occasion of the three major Baylor expeditions last year, Amin who stayed in Shenyang not only sat southward when he met the ministers, but also forced the courtiers to bow down to him, which was obviously beyond the division of the monarch and the minister, and had a bad heart.

The impeachment of Amin by the Han official Ma Guozhu was soon supported by other Han officials and the Jurchen nobles who were pro-Huang Taiji. And because of the absence of Mang Gurtai, who was running around for military affairs, and the silence of Dai Shan, the owner of the Zhenghong Banner, Amin fell into isolation and helplessness in the court.

Soon the Great Khan Huang Taiji announced in public that Amin would think about it behind closed doors for three days and wait for the punishment decision of the imperial court. Dai Shan chose to support Huang Taiji's decision. After this scene was seen by the officials in the court, some Jurchen relatives with a keen sense of smell believed that the Great Belle and the Great Khan had reconciled again, and the target was obviously aimed at Amin Bel.

After Amin was kicked out of the Dazheng Palace, although he was annoyed, he never thought that Huang Taiji would really attack him, because the punishment he received was only three days behind closed doors.

But when he returned to the palace, Huang Taiji had already ordered Yue Le to be in charge of the security work in Shenyang City, and took advantage of the situation to control the security of various city gates in Shenyang.

And in the three days that Amin was driven home to think about it, the accusations against Amin were thrown out one by one at the court meeting. Mistakenly believing that this was a conspiracy of the Great Khan Huang Taiji and the Great Bel Daishan to deal with Erbel Amin, a group of Jurchen relatives who were eager to clear their hands and make their stand clear to Huang Taiji and Dai Shan, also participated in the impeachment of Amin.

In this way, it was only a small punishment that was thought about behind closed doors, but after Amin ended his three-day confinement life, he realized that things were a little out of control, and he had become a heinous criminal with bad intentions and plotting for the throne in the court.

Realizing that something was wrong, Amin originally wanted to leave Shenyang City, but Yue Le had blocked the gates of Shenyang, so that Amin could only return to the mansion in despair after running into walls everywhere, and then quietly waited for Huang Taiji to deal with him.

Huang Taiji was furious after hearing these accusations of Amin, and summoned the Eight Banners Zhubeile to discuss Amin's crimes together. In the end, it was determined that Amin had different ambitions and sought self-reliance in North Korea and other crimes. Zhubeile court discussed Amin's capital crime, but Huang Taiji changed it to solitary confinement, and took away a large number of property of Amin and the blue flag, leaving only Amin with six Zhuangzi, two gardens, and twenty slaves, and some private property belonged to Amin's younger brother Jierharang. Of Amin's six sons, with the exception of the fugitive Alli, who is wanted, the other five are not yet minors, so they will not be prosecuted.

As for Song Xiance in Amin's mansion, he was forcibly taken back to his house by Dai Shan because he was good at divination, and he has not yet been contacted. In addition, when Amin was confined in the palace, a merchant Fan Yongdou, claiming to represent the Houjin Great Khan, asked to renegotiate with the Four Seas Firm about the trade agreement signed between the firm and the Blue Flag.

Although Yingkou's trade has not yet been affected, the representative sent by Huang Taiji is very arrogant, and he threatens the shopkeeper of the Sihai Trading House in Shenyang that if the trade agreement cannot be renegotiated according to his request, then the Yingkou trade port may be closed.

After listening to the news brought back by this Jinyi Wei secret agent, Zhu Youzhen thought for a long time before asking him: "Then what conditions did he put forward?" ”

"Back to His Majesty, he demanded: the original trade agreement with Amin should be transferred to his name; He also demanded that the trade in Yingkou be taxed at a rate of eleven. Amin's debts to the Four Seas Trading Company, which he does not bear. But we have not yet paid Amin for the goods, and we have to pass it on to him in full. Finally, the soybean trade agreement signed between Sihai Trading Bank and Amin will be changed, and the trading price of soybeans will be increased from 4 cents and 5 cents to 5 cents and 1 stone, and the number of soybeans delivered will be reduced to no more than 500,000 stones. ”

Zhu Youzhen was immediately enraged, and after he said a dirty word, he quickly said: "Is he treating Da Ming as meat on the board, and he can cut it as he wants?" ”

Chongzhen's anger suddenly made several people in the room lower their heads tightly, as if someone pressed their necks with their hands, so that they didn't dare to move.

Zhu Youzhen closed his eyes to mediate his emotions, and after a while, he continued to ask in a calmer tone: "What is the current grain price in Houjin?" How are their soybeans doing this year? ”

The Jinyi guard thought for a long time before he replied: "The grain price in Shenyang was the highest in April and May, which was double the grain price in Jinzhou at that time. However, in late May, a batch of grain was shipped from North Korea, which caused the grain price in Shenyang to drop a lot, but it was also 3 percent higher than the grain price in Jinzhou.

This year, the ripe fields in Hexi have been developed, and the climate is good, so the growth of soybeans is excellent. With a small estimate, an average of one and a half stones per mu will not be able to run. The villain thought that once these soybeans were ripe, I was afraid that the grain price in Shenyang would fall to the level of the grain price in Guannai. ”

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help asking: "The agreement signed by Sihai Commercial Bank with Amin before, is it based on the yield of one stone of soybeans per mu, and the guaranteed purchase of 1.5 million stones?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Zhu Youzhen thought for a long time, and then said to this brocade guard: "Very good, your errand is still done properly, you go down first and write down what you just said to me in detail, and then go home to rest for a few days, and then go back to Shenyang in a few days." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

As soon as the brocade-clothed guard left, Zhu Youzhen instructed Wang Chengen: "Sort out a copy of the news he brought back and the content of Du Du's report and hand it to the General Staff, and in the afternoon I will discuss with the General Staff on how to deal with the changes in the domestic political situation in Jinjin." In addition, inform Guo Shangshu of the household department and the heads of the three banks in the capital for me, that tomorrow morning in the main hall, I will see them..."