At the end of the meeting, the next day Prince Xun Chang Adai was stripped of his title. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 At the same time, the Council of Ministers of Shunzhi and Yizheng Wang passed a decision to canonize Chang Adai's cousin, another grandson of Daishan, Jieshu, as Prince Kang, and continue the status of Prince Daishan of the line of princes and the banner lord of Zhenghongqi.

Prince Kang Jieshu was a famous general of the Qing dynasty in the rebellion of the three feudatories, and successively suppressed Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing's raids on Zhejiang and Fujian provinces. However, at this moment, this famous clan general is only eleven years old, and he is still a child......

A few days later, the Eight Banners Army in the capital completed the mobilization at a speed that was not inferior to that of the previous year in Liaodong, and the three thousand Manchurian Eight Banners, the five thousand Han Army Eight Banners, and the two thousand Mongolian Eight Banners completed the assembly at the fastest speed.

When everyone thought that this was the second new army and was ready to start training, Doni and Fushou, who couldn't wait for a long time, led the army out of the capital and headed straight for Shanhaiguan, and even the green battalion of Zhili was left behind by them.

At this time, it was the middle of May, and the Eight Banners Army, under the banner of going to Liaodong to catch fish skin tartars, went out of Shanhaiguan, and the Han auxiliaries who were forcibly recruited worked hard to transport grain and grass, but they could only starve, and they could only share a bowl of gruel and a piece of coarse grain cake a day.

Every day, there are auxiliary soldiers who die on the road, the only thing to be thankful for is that it is now the middle of May, the weather in Liaodong is not too cold, and there are some wild vegetables, mushrooms and other food in the field. At the very least, by the time the army approached the banks of the Yalu River, there would be only a quarter less auxiliaries, which was a great blessing.

"There are too many Han dogs left, and we will waste our military rations next."

"It's okay, let those Han people follow and rob them when the time comes, the Koreans are all pigs and sheep, with the help of these Han people, our Eight Banners Army can save a lot of effort. The key is to enter Seoul as soon as possible and capture the Korean king Lee or something. ”

"Uncle said the same, the little nephew still remembers that the king of North Korea was also a hostage in Shenyang, and this time our Eight Banners Army entered North Korea, and we must not scare him to death."

"Hahahaha."

The king of Joseon, Yi Hao, was captured by the Qing army as a hostage in Shenyang during the rebellion, and his brother was later released by the Qing army, because the incident of the father welcoming the son angered the pro-Ming faction in the Korean court, and was poisoned to death. The son died violently, and Li Hao, as his younger brother, was able to ascend the throne for filial piety.

It is precisely because he was a hostage of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and his brother died at the hands of the pro-Ming faction, especially in the Korean Dynasty, the pro-Ming faction is extremely powerful, after Li Hao ascended the throne, he paid tribute to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and on the other hand, he played the banner of pro-Ming in the country's one-third of an acre of land and prepared for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.

At that time, in order to implement the plan, Li Hao increased the number of troops stationed in Seoul from 7,000 to 21,000. The number of the forbidden army was increased from 600 to 1,000, and all of them were reorganized into cavalry. The Imperial Camp Office has increased the number of artillery attack troops, and it is also planned to increase the number of training troops guarding Seoul by 10,000 and the Imperial Camp Office Army by 20,000.

However, the final result is very funny, due to financial difficulties, the birthplace of world civilization, which is said to have occupied the whole of Asia, and even Confucius is their cosmic country, in the end, it was not able to realize the expansion plan of 44,000 infantry, 400 cavalry and some artillery.

In order to solve the dilemma of financial difficulties, Li Hao vigorously promoted the Taedong Law, which increased fiscal revenue and promoted the comprehensive development of agriculture, handicrafts and commerce in North Korea.

If you look at it according to political considerations and historical results, whether the king really wants the Northern Expedition or not, in fact, it is difficult to say, at least he did it by shouting pro-Ming slogans to carry out reforms and strengthen the purpose of the royal power, and the army did not even expand its formation, let alone the Northern Expedition, but in the eighth year of Yongli and the twelfth year of Yongli, he sent troops twice to assist the Qing army to resist the erosion of the Heilongjiang River valley by Russia.

The Daedong Law began very early, but it was vigorously resisted by the Korean landlord class, and it took a full hundred years until 1708 AD to complete its spread throughout Korea. Today, in 1656, the situation in Korea is still as difficult as the country has pointed out.

On the same day they arrived at the Yalu River, Doni and Fushou tore off the banner of catching fish skin tartars, and crossed the Yalu River in a big way under the pretext that Korea was engaged in maritime trade with the two Ming armies in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian, and sold a large amount of grain and raw materials related to the manufacture of weapons.

The Eight Banners Army entered Korea, defeated the unprepared North Korean army in Pyongyang, Haeju and other places, and slaughtered these two cities under the pretext of Korean resistance. Subsequently, the army approached Seoul, and the garrisons of King and Gyeonggi Province, which had been hastily drawn from the neighboring Gangwon and Chungcheong provinces, were again defeated by the Qing army.

As for the Imperial Camp Army, which had been planned to be expanded, it retreated into Seoul after the defeat in the field battle, and as a result, Seoul was captured by the Qing army after holding it for even one day, and all the Imperial Camp Army was killed outside the city by Fu Shou Pit after abandoning their weapons and surrendering.

Next, the Green Battalion, which was drawn from Naoli, arrived, and the army began to sweep through the whole of Korea. Just like the two attacks on Korea during the Huang Taiji era, the Qing army rampaged through Korea, and the armies of all parts of Korea were broken by the Qing army one by one, and the provinces of Korea were soon occupied by the Qing army, and the only thing left was those islands.

Behind the devastating offensive of the Qing army, the surprise attack was a point, but more important was the low combat effectiveness of the North Korean army. In three large-scale field battles, the state can still be maintained when the guns are fired, and once it enters hand-to-hand combat, it will not take long for the whole army to be defeated, and the speed is even faster than when the Eighth Banner Army suppressed the Shandong Righteous Army in Shandong before.

After the capture of Seoul, Doni and Fushou quickly found evidence of the crime, such as the big newspaper to commemorate the Imjin War, such as the Korean still using the Chongzhen era name, such as the Korean monarch and ministers behind their backs to say that the Wanli Emperor had "reinvented the grace" of Korea, and the Ming and North Korea were "righteous monarchs and ministers, Enyu father and son", and called the Qing emperor "Emperor Hu" and the Qing envoy "captive envoy" in China, etc.

With these incriminating evidence, Doni and Fushou directly escorted the king of the Li Dynasty, the clan, and the captured courtiers who did not take the initiative to cooperate with the Qing army back to Beijing, and the Korean provinces used those traitors to govern the government, loot grain, grass, and goods for the Manchus, and organized traitorous troops in Korea to assist the Qing army in suppressing resistance in various places.

Thus began the Qing army's destruction of Korea and its actual rule, and a large amount of money, grain, and raw materials were continuously transported to the capital. From the beginning of entering Korea, in just over a month, the speed of the Qing army was so fast that everyone expected, and the alliance with the Mongolian tribes was completed, and Shunzhi, who had just returned to the capital, summoned Liu Cheng before he could catch his breath.

"Aiqing, North Korea is about to go down, and the pressure on money and food is about to be eased. On the side of the new army, how is it progressing now? ”

The new army was the support of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the face of the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang in the future, and it was naturally what Shunzhi was most concerned about. And Liu Cheng's side, knowing that Shunzhi was summoned, naturally asked about this matter, and he was also well prepared.

"If you go back to the emperor, the training of the new army has begun, and the minions follow Prince Zheng and the co-organizers to practice every day, and the queue training of the new army has been basically formed, but it will take several months to form combat effectiveness."

It has been a few months since Doni and Fushou sent troops from the capital to enter Korea and then destroyed the country. During this period, the training of the new army was never delayed for even one day, and the intensity of training was not inferior to that of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ming armies.

However, the European phalanx was really difficult for the Eight Banners Army, which was accustomed to relying on personal martial arts to fight, especially since the weapons were only spears and firearms, and the first thing to solve for the Eight Banners Army, which was accustomed to using swords, shields, bows and arrows, and other weapons, was the problem of weapon training. Coupled with the existence of many bad habits and traditions of the Eight Banner Army itself, it can form combat effectiveness in a few months, but it is still a little worse than the degree to which Liu Cheng can fight against the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies in his eyes.

"Don't worry, I received a secret report that the Zhejiang bandits are attacking Fujian and Guangdong, and it is unlikely that they will go north this year. And in the southwest, it is said that the western thief Li Dingguo robbed the puppet emperor Yongli, and now he is at war with Sun Kewang, and the military pressure in the north of Huguang has been greatly reduced. Since the Zhejiang bandits are attacking Fujian and Guangdong, there is a chance that they will be involved, and I am afraid that they may not be able to free up their hands next year. ”

Hearing this, Liu Cheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then fell to the ground. "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, the thieves broke out in infighting, this is clearly a symbol of the luck of the Qing Dynasty."

From a political and military point of view, the Ming army in the southwest was infighting, the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang swept through Fujian and Guangdong, and Chen Wen was able to deal with the Shang Geng and the two feudal clans that had already declared their anyway, so other Ming armies would also be wary of it, and Yongli would have a sense of crisis. The south is now dominated by Chen Wen's family, but if it really wants to fight, it will not only take time, but also weaken the vitality of the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu, and it will be very beneficial to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The internal strife between the various forces of the Southern Ming Dynasty is still frequent, and many crises in the Manchu Qing Dynasty have been inexplicably resolved because of the infighting of the Ming army.

The strategic initiative changed hands, and time became the enemy of the Manchus. Now that the Northern Expedition of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies is obviously going to be delayed, then the Manchus will have more time to prepare, which is the greatest good thing.

"The new army can't use the green battalion, only the Eight Banners can reassure me. It's just that this delay will last for a year or two at most, and the number of bannermen in each banner has decreased sharply, and there are many disabled people left, and there are not many banner people who can become young people in the past two years, which really makes me feel worried. ”

The population problem is the biggest hidden danger and practical problem of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, only 50,000 Ding on the eve of entering the customs, only more than 40,000 Qiding in all the battles after entering the customs, and with the rise of Chen Wen, the Manchurian ethnic group that lost nearly 10,000 Qiding again, now there are only more than 30,000 Qiding, many of whom are disabled. Even with the support of the Mongol and Han armies, the two armies also suffered a lot of losses, and their countries rose by force, and now the number of men has dropped sharply, and the results are particularly terrible.

"Slaves occasionally have income, and they want to advise the emperor."

Shunzhi spread out the core issue and said that Liu Cheng was also a kind of wooing him. In fact, even if you don't mention it, Liu Cheng is in charge of training in the new army, wouldn't he know? However, Liu Cheng has an idea, and Shunzhi is still quite looking forward to this minion who has already surprised him a lot.

"Aiqing come quickly."

Shunzhi was like this, Liu Cheng coughed lightly, and then said to Shunzhi: "The slave thinks that the new army cannot be without one person without the Eight Banners, and the Eight Banners cannot be without Manchuria for a day. However, the Manchurian nobles, Dingkou was weaker than the Han people, so the first emperor created the Eight Banners of the Mongol and Han armies as a supplement. ”

"The Eight Banners are now sharply reduced, waiting for the young man to become Ding is one thing, and catching fish skin tartars is also a good prescription, but the Zhejiang bandits are powerful, and with Chen Wei's expansion speed, Manchuria is absolutely incomparable, in the final analysis, it is necessary to enrich the Mongolian and Han Army Eight Banners."

This is the consensus of the Manchu high-level leaders, Shunzhi also nodded when he heard this, and then explained to Liu Cheng: "I have discussed with the kings to recruit Mongolian warriors from Monan and Mobei to enrich the Mongolian Eight Banners, and the Han army is to restore the strength of the Han Army's Eight Banners by raising the flags of those green battalion generals and troops who are loyal to the imperial court. ”

On the side of the Green Battalion, the Zhili Green Battalion from the Korean Expedition, the Shandong Green Battalion that assisted in the encirclement and suppression of the thieves Kou Yuqi, and the meritorious Green Battalion in the north and northern Huguang are all within the scope of alternatives. In addition, for example, Zhang Tianfu, the chief soldier of the Han Qiang in Shaanxi, his brother is not dishonored, and his subordinates are also quite capable of fighting, and he has been transferred back to Beijing to carry the flag......"

Most of the Liu Cheng mentioned by Shunzhi is known, but the matter of Zhang Tianfu, the general soldier of the Han Qiang, was only discussed not long ago, because after all, it involves Zhang Tianlu, a military general who failed to contain the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in Jiangnan, but was contained in Suzhou by Qian Yingkui's righteous army.

Shunzhi and some relatives felt that Zhang Tianlu had committed suicide, which was loyal, and he was also the main force when he had helped Jiangning and defeated Zheng Chenggong, so it should be another matter. However, the blue flag was quite dissatisfied with the death of Jierharang, and was angry with many officials under Jierharang at that time, but it took Shunzhi a long time to persuade him to have such a result.

However, compared with Zhang Tianfu's problem, the alliance with the Mongolian ministries made Shunzhi more worried. Monan Mongolia has all come, but none of the Mobei Mongolian tribes who have been subdued by Yue Le have come, and they have been perfunctory for various reasons, obviously feeling that the good days of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are numbered, lest they get into trouble, plus their position can be called the emperor far away, so it is simply so.

Liu Cheng listened carefully, he knew very well that some things were not as easy as Shunzhi said, in fact, he could feel the wariness of the Manchurian nobles when he was in charge of training in the new army.

However, Liu Cheng has always been very clear about his own positioning, and he is even more clear about what he wants and how to obtain it. With the previous lesson of Cao Conglong's misjudgment in the rebellion, when he came to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, even if he was wary and excluded, he naturally looked like a loyal dog slave on weekdays.

"Your Majesty, the servants think that the imperial court's way of enriching the Eight Banners of the Mongolian and Han armies is a good prescription. However, the slave and Hu Shilang had an idea, that is, to ask the emperor to take the Koreans as the main body, and form the Eight Banners of Korea in the same way that the first emperor created the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of the Han Army, so as to increase the wings of the Eight Banners of Manchuria! ”