Chapter 136: Relying on the Six Houses to Sell the Country on Their Initiative
What I said is not a high-end skill, but anyone who has a little level of meticulous work will not make so many mistakes. This is also the reason why the four Wenchen were not as excited as Huang Taiji after reading the news, they were suspicious of the news itself.
Regarding Fan Wencheng's sudden interjection just now, not only was Ning Wan inexplicable, but the other three also didn't know why. However, Huang Taiji knew about this, and there was no surprise, knowing that Fan Wencheng had judged the source. This news was not sent by the Manchus themselves, but from another source.
Of course, Huang Taiji did not hand over the detailed work department under his command to Fan Wencheng to manage. It's not a question of trust or distrust, but the most basic imperial trick. And even if he gives it, Fan Wencheng has to dare to take it? Fan Wencheng, as a Han Chinese, was the de facto head of the civil servants in the Manchu court, and he was already jealous and suspicious of many Manchu ministers.
Speaking of which, Huang Taiji has always attached great importance to the Manchu Qing Dynasty's own fine work system, but the results are not significant.
Huang Taiji's father, Nurhachi, laid down such a big business in Liaodong, in addition to his own battlefield command ability, to a large extent because of his ability to use the space.
Nurhachi was once adopted by Li Chengliang, the general soldier of Liaodong. Since then, he has spread gold and silver throughout Liaodong, planted eyeliner densely, made friends with people from all walks of life, and exchanged news with him. When he raised his army, years of hard work paid off, all the deployments of the Ming army in Liaodong, the soldiers and horses were real, the general dared to fight, and which general was easy to surrender, all of them were in Nurhachi's hands. His so-called invincible prestige is rooted in the "Art of War" as stated in "Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, and being invincible in a hundred battles": every time he understands the enemy's movements in detail through espionage, analyzes the weaknesses, and sends troops in a targeted manner. One of Nurhachi's old opponents, the former military department of the Ming Dynasty, Shangshu Wang Zaijin, commented on him: "The slave chieftain must first set up organs and plan to cooperate." The feelings of reality and reality are familiar; The trend of urgency is not bad. ”
Nurhachi is good at using space, and he is willing to make great efforts to use it. However, limited to the special situation in Liaodong, the spy force he cultivated himself was finally blocked in Shanhaiguan, and he poked out his tentacles to Daming several times, and was uprooted after a little big move.
If you live in Liaodong all the year round, the characteristics are too obvious because of the differences in region, climate, and living habits. And those who surrendered in the Guannai are all famous and surnamed in Daming, and they may be able to lurk in a short time, and if they are a little active, they will be easily recognized by Jinyi Wei.
At the beginning, Nurhachi wanted to go directly to the upper echelons, and he directly sent people to bribe Wei Zhongxian, wanting to develop Wei Zhongxian into his biggest traitor in Daming. But Wei Zhongxian can tilt the power of the government and the opposition, how can he be stupid? He is already nine thousand years old in Daming, and the apocalypse obeys him, Daming is equivalent to the power under him, how can he be stupid enough to help Nurhachi betray Daming? Isn't that betraying himself? Wei Zhongxian immediately went out and uprooted Nurhachi's fine work in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty. As for Shanhaiguan and outside the customs, it is almost impossible to distinguish who is the meticulous worker, and there is no other good way except to take strict precautions.
After Chongzhen ascended the throne, almost all the decisions made by Wei Zhongxian were overturned, and he only strictly investigated this matter and never relaxed. He doubted everything about Wei Zhongxian, but he would not suspect Wei Zhongxian of fornicating with Houjin, only the weaker side would rely on external forces in internal fighting, and Wei Zhongxian had always maintained absolute strength before his fall. Chongzhen was able to win, but he only occupied the advantage of fame and righteousness, as well as a suddenness.
After Huang Taiji ascended the throne, he never relaxed his investigation into the internal information of the Ming Dynasty, but the detailed network could only penetrate the nine sides and could not penetrate into the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, Fan Wencheng gave him an idea: it is too difficult to send a detailed work to penetrate into the Ming Dynasty for a long time, so simply not lurk. Go all the way over, buy all the way, and let the "people of insight" among the Ming people send us information by themselves? If you succeed, you will have a source, and if you fail, you can make the Ming people panic and be suspicious of each other.
Since then, it has been much easier for Huang Taiji to inquire about the news of Daming, but it is not without problems. These bought works have not undergone strict organizational training, and their business capabilities are really unsatisfactory. And because there is no correlation between them, the information of the inquiry is often scattered and unformed, and needs to be sorted out twice.
The above is the current situation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the Great Detail System. However, this time the news was not sent by these people. The Manchu Qing Dynasty bought the details, for Chongzhen in the palace and several scholars in the cabinet, it is still beyond the reach of the whip, those are the focus of Jinyiwei's attention, it is easy to buy, but it is difficult to spread the news.
This time the news came from the most solid allies of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the first batch of the eight Jin merchants who took the initiative to contact Nurhachi for help. "Sun Tzu's Art of War" says that "there are five rooms", and even Sun Tzu may not have imagined that there will be this kind of sixth spy: active room.
The eight Jin merchants were between the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and they had no taboo contacts. All kinds of weapons and food were continuously transported to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which was the real key to the rise of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Otherwise, there is no ability to repair independently, and how can it support decades of tug-of-war with Daming just by seizing it?
This news was reported to the owner by the shopkeeper of the eight major Jin merchants in the capital. For commercial purposes, they have been paying attention to the movements of the imperial court at any time, but it is precisely because they are only for commercial purposes that although the net is spread widely, the information they inquire about is relatively vague and lacks details.
It is understandable to explore the various policies of the Ming Dynasty on weekdays, and Jinyiwei also turns a blind eye, since ancient times, officials and businessmen have colluded, and everyone understands it. But Chongzhen's movements, you go up to the pole and ask, what do you think? Is it possible to sell this news for a good price?
Because of the particularity of the businessmen, they are actually blatantly inquiring for news under the nose of Jinyiwei, and even Jinyiwei gives them some news from time to time. However, these messages will never include Chongzhen's how. The shopkeepers of the firm actually didn't care about Chongzhen. It's just that eight hundred miles of urgency came in a row, whether it was a disaster or a war, since ancient times, it has been the fastest time for merchants to make a fortune, so they naturally paid special attention to it, so they found out these news.
The shopkeeper didn't care, but the principals of the eight Jin merchants knew what news was important to the Manchu Qing and knew the priorities, so after getting the news, they directly sent the news to Huang Taiji, and at the same time sent someone to investigate the source of the two 800-li expedited letters. But no matter whether there is a result or not, and what the result is, even if Huang Taiji is to be reported, it will be the next message.
Ning Wan I am most puzzled, the tone of this news is all speculation, it is precisely because this news is originally the shopkeeper of the Beijing business who is reporting to the owner, so he naturally has to add his own opinions.