The meeting lasted all night, and the sky came to an end, and Shunzhi rested for a while, and announced the decision to expand the new army and establish the Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The former is a proper meaning, and the government and the opposition have long been mentally prepared. Due to the great victory of the new army, except for the rewards of each person, this first new army was also given the name of the Praetorian Guard. In addition, the first batch of four new armies, including the Gongwei Army, the Wuwei Middle Army, the Wuwei Left Army, and the Wuwei Right Army, expanded the new army to the number of five armies, so as to defend the land of Gyeonggi.

The new army gives the name, and the old official title must also be changed, but compared with the official title, the government and the opposition are more concerned about the shortage of the four armies, especially the marshal of the four armies - knowing who is the commander-in-chief, it is better to go to which house to meet and give gifts.

The expansion of the new army is a foregone conclusion, and only with the general framework in place can the details be slowly put into operation. In contrast, the Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau is completely different, since the day of the order, Ning Wan I, Zhang Daocheng and Hao Zongfu and others began to select officials, but on the first day of receiving the order, they went straight to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry to select craftsmen and machinery, and at the same time went to the Tianjin Acropolis to select a site to build a factory, and they were very busy.

The reason why we chose to be in Tianjin Wei is that the water resources there are relatively abundant, and many water and wind power machinery can come in handy. As for being far away from the capital, the safety level has been reduced, and it is no longer possible to take care of this, and it is still necessary to focus on production capacity at present.

As soon as these things were decided, the Qing court's finances and personnel in the next year or two would also be tilted towards the new army, and the matter of life and death would not dare to be dull in the slightest. After the early dynasty, Shunzhi hurriedly returned to the harem.

In the harem, Wu Keshan's daughter, Xiaozhuang's niece, and his cousin Borzigit * Meng Guqing have been beaten into the cold palace, and the niece of the abolished queen was welcomed into the Kunning Palace a few years ago, but now he is the most favored by the concubine Dong E.

Concubine Dong E has been favored since entering the palace, first entered the palace as a concubine, and was promoted to a concubine in August of the same year, and a month later she achieved the throne of the imperial concubine. In the first month of this year, the son of Concubine Dong E died, and Shunzhi surpassed the ancestral system and posthumously crowned the prince who was once ready to be canonized as the crown prince Prince Heshuorong, which can be seen.

However, this time he hurried back to the harem, but Shunzhi did not rush to Chengqian Palace, but to Cining Palace, the dormitory of his emperor Xiaozhuang Empress Dowager.

"Huang Eniang, the matter of the new army has been decided, and in the next year or two, the imperial court will devote all its resources to the formation and training of the new army."

"It should be like this, if it weren't for the fact that some old ministers and the children of the Eight Banners of Manchuria were a little dissatisfied with the Han army's tactics of the new army, they would have been expanded a long time ago, and they would not have reached such a hasty situation as they are now."

The previous dissatisfaction with the new army was more due to the fact that the core idea of the Gustav phalanx of the new army was to maximize the output of firepower, and the artillery and musketeers of the Han army flag were the core troops, and the spearmen of the Manchurian Eight Banners and the cavalry of the Mongolian Eight Banners were only auxiliary.

However, since there were eight banners, Manchuria is the real core, dismount and fight, chase on horseback, the Mongolian Eight Banners are responsible for harassment and coordinated pursuit, and the Eight Banners of the Han Army are responsible for firearms and auxiliary foot combat.

"Relying on the Han military flag, this is already a last resort. The Eight Banners of Manchuria suffered too much loss in the south of the Yangtze River, but the fish skin tartars caught in the past two years were only 3,000, and even most of them could not even understand the orders now, and they could not go into battle. This time Wu Sangui rebelled, among the more than 1,000 people who lost more than 2,000 people stationed in the Eight Banners, there were no less than seven or eight hundred bannermen in Manchuria. Added up before and after, nearly 3,000 Manchuria and Eight Banners were killed in Shaanxi alone in the past half a year, and the imperial court really couldn't afford it. ”

"E-niang knows."

Shunzhi sighed, and Xiaozhuang also knew what her son meant by this. The expansion of the new army still uses the Eight Banners Army, which goes without mention. But even the Eight Banners are different from inside and outside, and the suppression of the Han people is carried out throughout.

However, the current situation, Chen Wen's Northern Expedition and the Manchu Qing Dynasty's response, must be a decisive battle in which each sent no less than 100,000 troops. There are less than 30,000 men in the Eight Banners of Manchuria, among which there are many disabled bannermen who have fought over the years, which cannot be used as the core force; The scale of the Mongolian Eight Banners is pitiful, and a round of blood was released in the south of the Yangtze River, although a lot of recruitment was recruited in Monan, but it also had to take into account the defense of North Korea, and there were less than 10,000 people who could be used to form a new army; As for the Eight Banners of Goryeo, they have recently been organized, and the number is very small, and it is even more embarrassing.

In such a situation, if you want to survive, you have to rely on the Han army, but this will inevitably lead to a threat to the core position of the Manchurian Eight Banners. However, the new army was the only possibility for the Manchu Qing to survive, and it could only temporarily rely on the Han army flag, and for the Manchurian Eight Banners, in addition to policy adjustments, appropriate pacification was also necessary.

The mother and son were originally one, but because of Dolgon's deep contradictions, they were now forced to the edge of the cliff by Chen Wen, so they had to work together to dance on the sharp blade of the Eight Banners, which could turn against their master at any time.

"However, no matter how you calculate it, the number of the Manchurian Eight Banners is a big problem, even if it is Manchurian and Mongolian, it is much worse than the Han Army Banner. Reuse the Han military flag, but also prevent them from backlashing. ”

This problem, Shunzhi has not thought about it, to be precise, he lives in this panic almost every day. The core population of Manchuria was a hard wound, and if it weren't for the fact that Huang Taiji had completed the formation of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of the Han Army before his death, Dolgon would not have enough chips to gamble on the next stone.

In fact, the sharp decline in the core population is a fatal wound, but more importantly, the pattern of warfare has changed dramatically.

With the continuous victories and the improvement of training methods and support systems, the army's ability to endure casualties has become stronger and stronger, so that there are those who win more with less again and again, but those new tactics are just the appearance. Now, Wu Sangui has forced the rebels to a dead end by organizing and training the Spanish phalanx, and he has also come out with a strong army long ago, if it weren't for the fact that the new army was better, the Qing court would have been finished now.

However, the chain reaction appeared, the myth of the invincibility of the Eight Banners Army was completely broken, and the battle was no longer like the Eight Banners Army charging and the Ming army fleeing.

Such a war is no longer something that a barbarian group with only a few tens of thousands of men like the Manchu Qing can afford. Just relying on the flag to increase the force, the instability is too high, but it is obvious that it is to drink the donkey to quench their thirst, but they have to drink it in one gulp, it is better than dying of thirst immediately, at least they can have time to find an antidote.

"Specifically, Erchen has discussed it with Sony and Kubilong, and some of the methods of the Zhejiang bandits can also be used. Now, just wait for the money to be in place. ”

"That's good, that's good."

Before Xiaozhuang's words fell, Wu Liangfu, the great eunuch beside Shunzhi, walked in, tremblingly sent an urgent fold to Shunzhi, and the latter saw the signature, opened the fold with trembling hands, and looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"It's finished."

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The main force of the new army arrived in Beijing, and the expansion was raised to the agenda, and the new army in the two towns led by Ao Bai took on the political task of showing off their martial arts.

The army crossed the Yellow River at Fengling Ferry, entered the Shanxi boundary, went all the way north, passed through Pingyang Mansion, Fenzhou, Taiyuan Mansion, Datong Mansion, went out of the Great Wall, turned around outside the Great Wall, showed off to the neighboring Monan Mongolian tribes, and then turned east, and returned to the capital through Zhangjiakou.

The army arrived at Zhangjiakou, which was one of the most important trade passes between the north and the Mongolian tribes, in addition to the local civil and military generals who came to greet this cronie and important minister, a large number of merchants came to work the army.

Zhangjiakou was not within the scope of Shanxi in the Ming and Qing dynasties, but it was the most important commercial base of the Jin Shang Group. The eight imperial merchants of the Qing Dynasty were commonly known as the eight great merchants of the Jin Dynasty, namely Fan, Wang, Jin, Wang, Liang, Tian, Zhai and Huang.

According to historical records, they controlled the trade in Zhangjiakou, and the gunpowder, eighty percent of the grain, and more than sixty percent of the metal of the Later Jin were all provided by the Jin merchants. Even Gyeonggi intelligence, down to the names of the guards at each pass, the number of soldiers, and the details of equipment, were provided by the Jin merchants. It can be said that the Jin merchants made great contributions to the overthrow of the late Ming regime. Later, with the credit of this betrayal, they had the status of imperial merchants.

When the Aobai army entered Zhangjiakou, these interested Jin merchants hurried to reward the army. The new army won the first battle, and its powerful combat effectiveness shocked the powerful factions in various places, these businessmen are the most aware, even if Aobai did not return to Beijing through Zhangjiakou, they also have to pay silver to reward, not to mention that people Aobai came all the way with a large army, if it is not interesting, it is too glassless.

The Jin merchants gathered, headed by the eight families, and among the eight families, the Fan family was the leader. Jiexiu Fan's family, the end of the Ming Dynasty to participate in the smuggling of the Houjin is the largest scale, at that time the head of the family Fan Yongdou is the head of the Jin merchants, after the Qing army entered the customs, Shunzhi "know the name of Yongdou, that is, summoned, will be awarded the official, to not understand the people, force, edict to Zhangjiakou real estate, subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, still plugged in the market", thus became the Manchu imperial merchants, but also the existence of the head of the eight imperial merchants in charge of trade.

The head of the Fan family's generation strode forward and took the lead in worshipping in front of Aobai. Ao Bai knew that this person was Fan Yongdou's son, named Fan Sanba, after the Fan family obtained the status of imperial merchants, Fan Yongdou took the authority of the Internal Affairs Office with the help of his son, and the scope of business was greatly expanded by the privileges and convenience given by the Qing Dynasty. On the one hand, he continued to operate the frontier trade, and on the other hand, he went deep into the domestic market to carry out the trade of silk, tea and grain, and he has long been famous for his great wealth in the world.

Fan Sanba took the lead and bowed down, and after a handful of support, he stepped into Zhangjiakou Fort. Because it is an important town of Han land to Monan Mongolia, the prosperous place is not as good as the border passes.

The Jin Shang Group held a banquet, and Ao Bai took the two general soldiers and the Goshha to swagger into the best restaurant here surrounded by everyone.

Before the army went out to fight, and even earlier the new army was organized and trained, everyone in the Jin Shang Eight paid a lot of filial piety. If it weren't for the fact that there was no change in Beijing, and the new army had really shocked the various departments of Monan, they might have to come up with some different thoughts.

Aobai's identity does not need to be mentioned, everyone in the eight is from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they are also called slaves in front of Aobai, which gives the face of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Guard, the new army. Delicacies abound during the banquet, and the female musicians are all famous prostitutes in the local and Beijing, and even if you don't have to smell it, you can smell the fragrant wind and make people linger back and forth.

Perhaps not long after the end of the war, Ao Bai and the two Manchurian Mel Zhangjing New Army commanders were full of interest. Seeing this, Fan Sanba also secretly looked at the other ones, and the matter of filial piety to the silver was not in a hurry, so why should these three masters serve the beauty first.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Fan Sanba and others also drank a lot, but they listened vaguely, as if a scene of chaos was being staged in this Zhangjiakou Fort.

"I just came back from the battle, eighty percent of them are those new troops making trouble, don't care about them, let's do what we want."

Fan Sanba and the current head of the Wang family, who was sitting at the same table, whispered, and the latter also nodded in response. Qiu Ba, if you win a battle and make trouble, if you lose a battle, you have to make trouble, and if you are idle, you have to drink and make trouble, everyone is a wealthy businessman who goes south and north, and there is still some knowledge about this.

It's just that the movement in this fort is getting bigger and bigger, although Fan Sanba can't hear what is going on, but he is afraid that he will be angry to Aobai, so he hurriedly asked his entourage to go down, inform the local officials, and the green camp to maintain order in the city, especially a lot of silver, and set up a banquet for the new army to entertain these troublemakers, so as to fulfill the friendship of the landlord.

However, Fan Sanba's entourage received the order of the head of the family and just wanted to get out of the restaurant, but was directly stopped by Goshha of Aobai. Seeing this, Fan Sanba was also shocked, a bad premonition struck, and Ao Bai just proved his premonition.

"Fan Sanba, Er and others colluded with the traitor Wu Sangui to provide money and food to the rebels, the evidence of the crime is conclusive, are you still ready to resist stubbornly?!"

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Zhangjiakou's decapitation operation achieved a surprising effect, and the operation in the capital was also rapidly launched before the expedited performance was sent to resist. Next, the industries of the eight Jin merchants in various places were confiscated, and the eight Jin merchants who were once famous were uprooted, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty had fattened up a little bit since Liaodong, and this group of pigs that had been fattened by the Manchu Qing Dynasty was finally sent to the Manchu Dynasty's own board.

"Jin Shang fell, and Shunzhi was full. Jin Shang fell, and Shunzhi was full. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, go home!"

After leaving the training camp of the New Army, Liu Cheng knew that it was time to see if he entered the palace this time. Walking into the capital, there are officials and soldiers of the Eight Banners everywhere who are confiscating the properties of the eight families of the Jin merchants, according to Zhu Zhixi, the eight families are also about to be escorted to the capital, and what awaits them will be the torture of the nine clans.

The Manchu family's belongings were about to bottom out, but these eight fat pigs also happened to come in handy, with their huge family property, the cost of the new army's training was at least more than enough in silver.

The merchant was used to slaughter and eat meat when the government had no money, Liu Cheng didn't think there was anything abnormal, as for colluding with the rebels, it was just a crime, and the court needed a reason to seal the mouth of Youyou, that's all.

"I don't know what kind of crime the imperial court will weave for me after the destruction of the remnant Ming, so that I can use my Liu Cheng's head to deter other Han army generals."

Liu Cheng rode forward, his mind changed, and he soon rushed to the Forbidden City. As deferential as ever, without saying a word, Shunji mentioned something about him.

"This time, I tried my best to disagree with the public and appointed Aiqing as the minister of scattered ranks, and there were some objections in the three banners. But I feel that Aiqing's loyalty is commendable, and it can be of great use, and this time I also want to use Aiqing greatly, so I didn't pay attention to those noises, and Aiqing has to fight for me. ”

"The emperor's dragon grace is mighty, and even if a slave dies, it is not enough to repay him. The emperor has orders, and the servants must go to the soup and fire, and they will not give up. ”

"Very good, very good, I know that Aiqing will definitely disappoint me."

Shunzhi was very satisfied with Liu Cheng's answer and his consistent attitude, and nodded, but he did not mention the appointment, but mentioned another thing.

"I heard that there are only a few concubines in Aiqing's family, and there is no wife yet?"

Marriage?!

Hearing Shunzhi's words, Liu Chengdang even thought of this word. He has now entered the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and his family has moved to the vicinity of Andingmen, where the Yellow Flag is located, and he has not seen many Manchurian women.

In terms of appearance, it is unrealistic to expect a group of barbarian women who have just struggled out of the deep mountains and old forests to be in line with the aesthetics of the Han people, at least most of them are not accidents. However, he doesn't care about his appearance, with the wife of a clan woman, he can have a better foothold, obtain greater rights, and everything in the future is more likely. When the time comes, I can't help but slaughter the barbarian girls, and then replace them with a woman who can provide enough political and economic resources as my wife, and I am not in a hurry for this moment.

"If you go back to the emperor, the slave has been busy in the new army for the past two years, and I really can't take care of this."

"I know, I know. Aiqing is diligent in royal affairs, but I can't sit idly by and watch Aiqing not even have a wife and son-in-law. Speaking of this, Shunzhi paused, and then said to Liu Cheng: "I have discussed this matter with the Queen Mother, and I will marry the Queen Mother's righteous daughter to you, and from now on, you will be my godbrother-in-law, and those banner people will no longer discriminate against your identity as a Han Han carrying the flag." ”

The queen mother's daughter?

Hearing this, even if Liu Chengdang was stunned on the spot, he had been in the Qing Dynasty for many years, and he also knew a little about those royal families. There are two goddaughters of the Queen Mother, one is the daughter of Wang Yuetuo of Keqin County, who was raised in the palace after her father's death, and has long been married, or even passed away, and the other is only afraid that in his eyes, she is not as good as the daughter of an ordinary clan.

Therefore, King Dingnan was under siege that year, and he was not disgraced, and he was loyal and martyred for the court. The only daughter of the king of Dingnan is alone, and the queen mother has always regarded herself in the palace, and she has both talent and virtue, so she does not humiliate her. In the future, the world will be decided, and I still hope that there will be a living king of Dingnan who will inherit the throne. ”

And so it was!

The daughter of Kong Youde, the king of Dingnan, the political resources behind this woman are pitiful, not to mention anything else, the Han army banner generals who are close to Kong Youde in the Han army banner, that is, the so-called King Sanshun and Xu Shungong, are now all dead and there is no scum left - Kong Youde was forced to death by Li Dingguo, Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao were executed by Chen Wenlingchi, and Shen Yongzhong was also dismissed and executed because of Fan Wencheng's death.

This woman is much worse than other clan women, even if she is just a woman from the Jueluo family. However, the moment he heard the daughter of the king of Dingnan, Liu Cheng suddenly remembered that Kong Youde still has a subordinate general still alive, the former governor of Dingnan Domain, and the current governor of Henan, who was placed in Henan when Fan Wencheng gave up the southern part of Huguang, and is now the highest-level military general in Henan Province, presiding over the defense of the Central Plains!

"Slave thank you, Lord Long."

This is a big gift, what kind of Han personality, the influence in the Eight Banners is minimal, if it weren't for her father and a subordinate who now holds the military power, it is exactly what he needs, Liu Cheng is afraid that even Xie En will force himself to do it.

The wedding was chosen on an auspicious day of the zodiac this month, and there was no hurry. In contrast, the expansion of the new army was more urgent, and with this relationship, Liu Cheng also got the opportunity to lead the troops independently that he dreamed of.

"Manchuria with the Yellow Banner Melle Zhangjing, former Prime Minister Liu Jiachen, Minister of the New Army Training Yamen Association, has both courage and strategy, and is of great use, and is hereby appointed as the president of the Wuwei Right Army......"

With the expansion of the new army, the original pattern of being led by the general office, the co-organizers, and the ministers of the conference office no longer exists. Correspondingly, after the new army was given the title, the official titles of officers at all levels were also changed to show that they were different from the old army. Among them, the president is the official title of the head of the first army of the new army, which is equivalent to the status of the former Jidu in the Praetorian Guard.

"Slave thank you, Lord Long."

The new army started from the Praetorian Guard, and the initial plan was to expand into five armies, and the right army of the armed guard was the last army. However, leading the army alone, Liu Cheng worked hard for many years, and finally got such a position again. The joy in my heart is incomprehensible, but it is not easy to show it because it is hindered by the court, so as not to fall into the mouth. It's a pity that this ecstasy has not yet been taken off, and when he heard about the next appointment, Liu Cheng was like a basin of cold water poured on his head, and he couldn't laugh anymore.

"Manchuria is hereby appointed as the assistant commander of the Right Army of the Armed Guard, and concurrently leads the cavalry of the headquarters. Both of you are from Manchuria with the Yellow Banner, and you should work together to train a strong army for my Qing Dynasty. ”