Nurhachi won the support of the Jin merchants, and naturally he was like a tiger. With Fan Wencheng giving him advice and dealing with internal affairs, he also felt like a fish in water.

The two sides worked happily together, and in the years that followed, Nurhachi's trust in Fan Wencheng grew day by day.

For the sake of confidentiality, no one else knew about the real cooperation with Jinshang. Even the secret agents who monitored Fan Wencheng only thought that it was a normal vigilance against non-Manchu officials, and they did not know the true identity of Fan Wencheng.

Nurhachi died suddenly, and he didn't explain anything to Huang Taiji. Although Huang Taiji accepted the secret route of contact with Jin Shang after succeeding to the throne, he did not know anything about the identity of Fan Wencheng's hostage.

The Fan brothers are all human spirits, and when they found out that Huang Taiji did not know the connection between the two, they naturally would not be stupidly exposed, and they would turn the good plotters back into hostages.

After Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne, his credit to Fan Wencheng deepened day by day, and Fan Wencheng has been working hard, so he got into the position of the first assistant little by little. It can also be regarded as a counterattack by the hostages.

Here, Huang Taiji listened to Ning Wan's evaluation of this news, and thought that Ning Wan needed to contact Jin Shang when I went to Mingjing, and immediately explained: "Ning Qing really misunderstood this source. It's not our own secret agent who inquires. ”

He said to Fan Wencheng again: "Fan Qing, you explain to Ning Qing." ”

Of course, Fan Wencheng would not say that this was the news sent by my Fan family, and explained: "It is easy for our own secret agents to infiltrate the border passes, but it is not easy to live in the hinterland of the Ming Kingdom for a long time. After all, the differences between Liaodong and Kannai are too great, and they will be easily exposed. In order to increase the source of information, His Majesty's celebrities went to the territory of the Ming Kingdom to scatter gold and silver, and directly bought the informants. Let Mingren send us news by himself, if something goes wrong, it is not our own people who will lose. ”

Ning Wan asked: "Ming people are willing to sell everything for silver, but the information obtained in this way is scattered and abnormal, it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and the cost is large, and the efficiency is too low, right?" ”

Huang Taiji smiled: "The cost or something, it's not that the wool is out of the sheep, when is it not enough, can you just take it when you enter the customs?" ”

Fan Wencheng also explained: "As for the scattered news, naturally not all the news is sent back, and it is only collected by our own people who are useful and useful." As long as there are few people and do not go out frequently to find out information, the chance of exposure is extremely small. There is no good way to distinguish the authenticity of the news, and it can only be tested afterwards. Once it is confirmed that the information is fake, and the person who provided the false information cannot come up with a reasonable explanation, the person can only dispose of it. ”

Ning finished thinking about it, but for a while he couldn't think of a better way, knowing that this was the next step after cultivating the fine work to go deep into the Ming Dynasty, and then thinking about the news of the right talent, he asked: "After the minister goes to Mingjing, is he going to contact the person who sent the news?" ”

Huang Taiji nodded: "After Qing went to Mingjing, he naturally needed the assistance of this head snake, but these are things after you arrive." The next thing we need to discuss is what we want to achieve by taking this opportunity, what about Chongzhen's illness and death, and what about other situations? ”

Bao Chengxian is the best at separation, and immediately said: "The minister throws bricks and leads the jade first." The military generals of the Ming Kingdom, the eunuchs and foreign relatives, have always been unaccustomed to each other, and there are many factions. It's just that Chongzhen took the power of the thunder to suppress Wei Zhongxian and suppressed the court, which made the party struggle in the Ming Kingdom turn from bright to dark, and he did not dare to directly attack him, so he could only judge people by facts and use the topic to play. Now that the Ming Cabinet Eunuch Party is powerful, the suppressed Donglin Party has no chance to fight back, and only needs to guide Chongzhen's illness to the Eunuch Party, and the Donglin Party will seize the opportunity to help us make the Ming Kingdom more chaotic. ”

"How?"

"Chongzhen is only twenty-seven or eighteen years old, his body is at its peak, and he suddenly becomes critically ill, of course, it is the eunuch who takes care of his daily life! Naturally, the eunuchs are also inseparable. ”

Ganglin asked: "No, Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen, who take care of Chongzhen's daily life, should be close to the Donglin Party, right?" Should it be the eunuch party to play on the topic? ”

Bao Chengxian explained: "The eunuch party is now powerful, and of course what it seeks is stability, and only the suppressed Donglin Party needs the opportunity to attack." As for the issue of Cao Huachun and others being close to the Donglin Party, for the group of scholars and doctors of the Donglin Party, it is not my ......."

Bao Chengxian wanted to say that "if you are not of my race, your heart will be different", but he didn't feel right until he said it halfway, isn't it uncomfortable to say it himself? also thanks to his quick brain, he changed his words: "If you are not in the same party, you are all heretics." Cao Huachun is close to them, and he is also a eunuch, not their friend. ”

Huang Taiji nodded, approving Bao Chengxian's divisive plan: "If the Ming Kingdom can start the party struggle again, unless there is another Chongzhen, the party struggle will not stop." It's doable. ”

Xifu said: "Zhu Youzhen's eldest son, the crown prince Zhu Cihong, is nine years old, once Chongzhen dies of illness, this prince will succeed to the throne. Although the Lord Shaoguo is suspicious that it is not a good thing for the country, but with the system of the Ming Kingdom, Wanli has not handled things for thirty years, and the cabinet has handled things in an orderly manner, how can they really need an emperor who is in charge? As long as the cabinet controls this little emperor, it is equivalent to controlling the government. At that time, it will be easy to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes to eliminate dissidents, and I am afraid that the party struggle will be a one-sided situation. ”

Fan Wencheng also said: "Even if the battle for the party reigns again, the Ming Kingdom will not relax its vigilance against our Qing Dynasty. ”

Huang Taiji is forty-nine years old, and he still thinks that he will step on the Central Plains in his lifetime, and when he hears that this strategy has worked, he is a little anxious in his heart: "But there are other good strategies?" ”

Ning Wan said: "Since the lord is suspicious, someone coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, why is there less clothes and belts?" Naturally, some people can't look at it, Qingjun's side, and he can't be punished! At that time, as a friendly country, whether it is to help the little emperor quell the chaos, or to help the Ming Kingdom set things right, I will be famous! ”

Fan Wencheng nodded and exclaimed: "The Qing monarch naturally needs soldiers and horses, and it still needs soldiers and horses to quell the rebellion, how can there be so many soldiers and horses in the Ming Kingdom?" Naturally, it has to be drawn from the nine sides! At that time, I will be in the direction of the Qing Dynasty, and I will naturally be flat! ”

Bao Chengxian's own plan was denied, and he didn't care, he would rather finish my ironclad: "Since there is an edict on the side of the Qing monarch, there is naturally an edict to borrow troops from my Qing Dynasty!" Maybe there's more than one! ”

Huang Taiji was overjoyed: "This policy is really good! After thinking about it, he was a little apprehensive: "These are all based on the premise that Chongzhen died of illness, if the news is wrong, what if Chongzhen is fine?" ”

After Ning Wan, I immediately expressed my loyalty: "The minister is going to Mingjing, Chongzhen is already critically ill, so it is naturally the best, then he will definitely be ill." If he is away from Beijing, then he doesn't have to go back to Beijing! ”