In 16 years, it was the first time that the Queen Mother presided over a meeting of princes and ministers in the Qianqing Palace, and it was held late at night. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

After entering the customs, only three men presided over the council of princes and ministers, one was Dorgon, one was Shunzhi, and the other was the old Prince Zheng Zierharang. Zilharan presided over the time, because Azig, who wanted to seize power after Dorgon's death, was condemned by all the kings and put in solitary confinement.

Below the "Zhengda Guangming" plaque in Shunzhi's handwritten book is the emperor's throne, and Bumu Butai did not sit on this throne, but made people set up a chair under the imperial steps. She sat there, standing beside Su Malagu, and in front of her was the prince and minister kneeling in the hall, wearing flower feathers and dragging braids behind her head, all dressed as full of people.

"You must all know everything, the mourning family doesn't ask about the government, but for such a big matter, the mourning family can't help but ask a few words. Let's talk about what to do now. ”

Bumu Butai raised his hand and motioned for everyone to get up. Although she is a Mongolian woman, her nails are also covered with the set of nails that Manchurian girls especially like, long and pointed. Speaking of which, Bumu Butai is also a rare beauty among Mongolian women, 48 years old this year, because of her good maintenance, she looks like she was more than ten years ago.

There are three princes in the palace, two princes and one county king, namely Prince Xian Fushou, Prince Kang Jieshu, and Minjun Wang Ledu. Fusui is 18 years old, Jieshu is 17 years old, and Ledu is 21 years old. In addition to these three princes, the other princes and county kings were either too young or not qualified enough to attend the meeting.

In addition to the three princes, the Hubu Shangshu Cheke, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Jueluo Langqiu, the Military Department Shangshu Ming Andali, the Ministry of Officials Shangshu Durma, and the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Itu all came, and there were also Dorobelle Manshan, Taizong's fourth son Ye Bushu, the sixth son Gaosai, the seventh son Taosai and others. On the Han official side, there are Ning Wanme, Fan Wencheng, and university scholars Jin Zhijun, Feng Quan, Cheng Kegong, Wei Zhouzuo and others. According to the system, these scholars in the cabinet are not eligible to participate in the council of princes and ministers, but because the cabinet is now the link between Xingying and Jingshi, there are many situations that they know better than the princes and ministers, so Bumu Butai specially ordered them to attend. In addition, there are the ministers of the Interior headed by Sukh Saha and Kupilon and the capital of the Eight Banners. Large and small, there are more than 100 people.

The Queen Mother asked everyone what to do, but none of the Manchu, Mongolian, Han and civil and military ministers, including the prince, were silent, and the single household department Shangshu Che Ke stepped forward to speak, and he said: "The Queen Mother, the slave thinks that the emperor will return to Beijing immediately!" ”

"Class teacher?"

Bu Mu Butai was stunned, Che Ke is this old and confused, the emperor will return to Beijing, then don't people in the world think that the Qing Dynasty is afraid of the Taiping Kou, afraid of the thief Xiucai.

Without waiting for Bumu Butai to agree or disagree, Shangshu Itu of the Ministry of Industry stepped forward and said to Che Ke: "You let the emperor go to the office, don't you want Jiangnan?" ”

"If the emperor doesn't teach the class, I'm afraid it's not something that Jiangnan wants."

Che Ke smiled bitterly, and said his reasons, he told Bumu Butai and His Royal Highness the princes and ministers, Nanjing, the loss of Nanjing, the money and grain taxes in Jiangnan can no longer be collected, the emperor drove the levy and emptied the treasury of the last deposit of silver, and now the army is stationed in Yangzhou and the Taiping army across the river to confront each other, spending money every day like flowing water, and the camp has successively urged the household department to prepare silver, but the household department has lost all the foundation and has no money to support this war.

"Not only does the emperor need money and grain, but the king also needs money and grain, and the taxes in the northwest of Shaanxi and Gansu are already small, so if they collect a little, they will allocate it to Li Guoying and let him send it to the southwest, so it can't send much. Huguang and Jiangxi, who could have received some money and grain, were also lost, and the slaves really had nowhere to raise this silver, but the army was outside, if the money and grain could not be supplied, the queen mother should also know what the consequences were. There is really no way out for the minion, so I have to make this decision, ask the emperor to come back first, and then make a decision. ”

If you don't belong to your home, you don't know how expensive oil, salt, firewood and rice are, and if you don't belong to your family, you don't know how difficult it is to be a family. Che Ke frowned, no one knew better than him what the current financial embarrassment of the Qing Dynasty was. To put it mildly, the treasury of the Qing Dynasty is no different from the Chongzhen Dynasty back then!

The military department is full of Shangshu Ming Andali agreed with Che Ke's opinion, and he said: "Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo were so fierce back then, didn't they lose in the end? .... Since the treasury has no money to fight, it is better to ask the emperor to work as a teacher, keep the north, recuperate, and then send troops south after the treasury is full. ”

Ming Andali's words were approved by Ye Bushu, Durma and other clans and Manchu officials, and the Han officials did not finish speaking, their duty was only to prelude to the Queen Mother's questions, otherwise, they would not be able to speak. The only ones who can express their opinions are Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan, two old ministers who have entered the Han Army Banner.

Seeing that there were many people who agreed with the emperor's class returning to Beijing, Bumu Butai was also a little undecided, she looked at Ning Wan and asked him, "What is Taifu's opinion?" ”

Ning Wan and I obviously had already thought of a countermeasure, he swayed forward and said: "The old minister thinks that the emperor is a class teacher, not only the emperor wants a class teacher, but the king also needs a class teacher. ”

Hearing this, Bu Mu Butai was taken aback: "If you believe that the king is also a teacher, wouldn't you have lost Yungui to Zhu Youlang again?" ”

Ning Wan nodded and said, "That's what Lao Chen meant." Queen Mother, you think, the thief Xiucai Zhou Shi embraced the puppet Tang Dynasty king, and now that he has Nanjing, the puppet Tang King will inevitably be the emperor. If he is called the emperor, how will Zhu Youlang, the pseudo-emperor, deal with himself? ... As far as the minister knows, at present, the Ming army in the south is not only Taiping Kou, although the bandit Zheng Sen was defeated in Nanjing, he still has countless soldiers, and there are also many remnants of the Ming army in Sichuan Province, Huguang, and Yunlan, these people may not support the pseudo Tang king, so if Zhu Youlang returns to China, the southern Ming army will definitely have internal strife in a short time. ”

Bumu Butai seems to understand what I said a little, but if you do this, the cost is too great, Jiangnan and two words, Huguang and Jiang Qian have lost it, and there is nothing to say, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces are not easy to lay down in the Qing Dynasty, so give up? Besides, this matter is that she, the queen mother, agrees, can the emperor of Yangzhou agree?

The Manchu and Han ministers in the palace were shocked by Ning Wan's suggestion, and realized that this might be a good idea, but most people thought that if they did this, the price paid by the Qing Dynasty would be too great, and the emperor was afraid that it would not be possible.

"No, Taifu's method can't work! Now is not the past, the emperor will never retreat! The minister thought that the king might be able to teach the class, but the emperor must not be able to teach there, otherwise it will cause a big disaster... The two provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang in the south are still in the hands of my Qing Dynasty, and there are soldiers and horses in Jiangnan, if the emperor goes to work, Zhou Shixiang will be able to free up his hands to attack Jiangnan, Fujian and Zhejiang, and then he Zhou Shixiang's family will sit on the land of wealth in the southeast, and the land of the three provinces of Liangguang and Huguang, that is, Zhu Youlang returned to the country, and how to fight against Zhou Shixiang in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. If I, the Qing Dynasty, sit back and watch Zhou Shixiang attack Yungui and capture Zhu Youlang, then the southern Ming army will inevitably be unified, and its momentum has been achieved, how can my Qing Dynasty still be shaken! ... The only way to do this is to grit your teeth and insist, but also to supply the army with money and food, and the emperor will lead the army south as soon as possible, otherwise, there will be nowhere to regret it in the future.... The Queen Mother, the old minister is old, I am afraid that he can no longer serve in the army like Taizong, but the old minister is willing to donate his family wealth for me to clean up the south! ”

Fan Wencheng's words made me stunned after I finished, and also made a group of Manchu and Han officials stunned. Bumu Butai was even more moved: What a good little old man, he really deserves to be a veteran of the Three Dynasties, a generation of loyal ministers, unlike some people who know how to retreat, retreat, in this current situation, the emperor can really retreat, can the Great Halal retreat!

Che Ke shook his head and said: "What the Taibao said is very good, but Nanjing is lost, the money and grain in Jiangnan cannot be collected, and the treasury is empty. Does the Taibao think that we who are courtiers can only provide the money and food needed by the army? ”

Fan Wencheng glanced at Che Ke and said: "The army has crossed the river, and the money and grain in Jiangnan can be collected, and the treasury can be eased at that time." ”

Suke Saha suddenly said: "Queen Mother, the minions think that the emperor is trying for us to find a way to raise money, not to ask the minions to discuss whether to withdraw the army." ”

Che Ke snorted slightly: "Then you Suke Saha said, where did this silver come from?" ”

Hearing this, Fan Wencheng hesitated, and said slowly: "The imperial court has no silver, but some people do. ”

"Who?" Che Ke asked.

"The Eight Great Emperor Merchants." Fan Wencheng said four words.

"Eight Great Emperor Merchants?"

This time, not only did Suke Saha's essence flash, but also the spirit of Suppilon.

The eight imperial merchants mentioned by Fan Wencheng refer to the eight merchants of Shanqian Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Guest, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yunfa. As early as before Manchuria entered the customs, these eight families often traveled back and forth inside and outside the customs, secretly transporting military supplies to Manchuria and providing all kinds of information in the customs. After the Qing army entered the customs, Shunzhi did not forget to establish the eight families who had made great contributions to the Central Plains, and personally summoned these eight families at a banquet in the Forbidden City, and gave them clothing.

At the banquet, Shunzhi wanted to reward the eight officials, and the eight families were flattered and tried their best to refuse. As a result, Shunzhi named them "Imperial Merchants" (subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs). In addition to these eight families, Shanqian also Cao, Qiao, Qu, and Chang also worked for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, or it can be said that Shanqian's merchants are all traitors, and if the Ming army arrives, then the family can be punished.

From the end of Wanli to the present, for decades, although outsiders have no way of knowing how much wealth these Shanqian merchants have, it is conservatively estimated that there are tens of millions of taels.

Ning Wan was very angry at Fan Wencheng's bad idea, and he said angrily: "The merchants of Shanxi have worked hard for the Qing Dynasty, but you want their silver, isn't this killing chickens and taking eggs, chilling people's hearts?" Who will dare to serve me in the future? ”

Fan Wencheng didn't speak, but he was hesitant about this matter. He didn't speak, but the Queen Mother spoke.

Bumu Butai said: "What kills chickens and takes eggs? ... Chickens can be raised again, as long as the Qing Dynasty is here, what chickens can't be raised, and what chickens can't be raised? This matter is so decided, Kubilong, you go to Shanqian immediately, no matter what method you use, whether you borrow or rob, you must always get the silver. In this battle, we will fight whatever the Qing Dynasty says, but the mourning family can't see that the Qing Dynasty is missing a piece today, and tomorrow is one less piece, and half of it will be lost when it turns back! ”

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We have a great armament, and the time has come to restore the supreme glory! - "The Rise of the First Sino-Japanese War" (to be continued.) )