Huang Taiji has always looked down on the Ming Dynasty, although Li Zicheng has captured Taiyuan Mansion City and Kaifeng Mansion City, has shown its powerful side, if it were not for Fan Wencheng to obtain a lot of information, clearly reflect Li Zicheng's strength, remind Li Zicheng has become the opponent of the Qing Dynasty, or can be used, Huang Taiji still will not care, in Huang Taiji's view, the main strength or opponent of the Ming Dynasty, one is the Ming court, the other is Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun.

With Fan Wencheng's continuous supply of information, Huang Taiji finally began to pay attention to Li Zicheng, and learned that Li Zicheng's soldiers exceeded 500,000 people, and his strength had become extremely strong, and he could even directly attack the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji was very surprised, and after some careful thinking, he was keenly aware that it was Li Zicheng who could really shake the Ming Dynasty, or that it could make the Ming Dynasty fall with a bang.

Fan Wencheng also made such an analysis, Li Zicheng was regarded as a rogue by the Ming court, purely a rebellion, so there are not many scruples about doing things, as long as the opportunity is favorable, he will take all actions, attack the capital of the Ming Dynasty and overthrow the Ming court, in Li Zicheng's view, it is a logical thing, Zheng Xunrui is different, he was named the prince by Emperor Chongzhen, how to do things is to think before and after, until the last resort, he will not raise the flag to rebel.

It was also because of Fan Wencheng's reminder that Huang Taiji shifted the focus to Li Zicheng.

The role of intelligence is huge, this time Abatai led the Eight Banners Army to sweep through the North Zhili, relying on a steady stream of intelligence, the Zheng family army did not participate in the battle from beginning to end, and the previous attitude is completely different, Fan Wencheng obtained information from the capital shows that Zheng Xunrui basically does not obey the orders of the imperial court.

This is extremely important information. Let Huang Taiji fall into deep contemplation.

In his heart, Huang Taiji is most worried about Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun.

Zheng Jiajun controlled most of the places in southern Liaoning, which is equivalent to planting a bomb that will explode at any time next to the Great Qing Kingdom, and how can others be allowed to snore next to the couch, Huang Taiji will definitely not rest assured, but unfortunately according to the current strength of the Great Qing Kingdom. There is no way to directly attack the Zheng army, the Zheng army not only controls most of the territory in southern Liaoning, but also controls all the sea areas, and the strength of its naval division is also huge.

How to weaken the strength of the Zheng family army and buy the necessary time for the Qing State to occupy the Central Plains and strengthen its strength is the most important task of Huang Taiji. However, at present, it seems that there is little possibility of accomplishing this task.

When Fan Wencheng presented the information again, Huang Taiji did not open it immediately as usual, but put the document on the imperial case and sighed slightly.

There are only two people in the Dazheng Palace, Huang Taiji and Fan Wencheng, and Huang Taiji's action certainly attracted Fan Wencheng's attention.

"Your Majesty, the information obtained this time ......"

"Wen Cheng. Let's not talk about intelligence yet, I want to hear your opinion on Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun. ”

Huang Taiji's inquiry. Some people don't know what they mean, but Fan Wencheng is clear.

"Your Majesty, the slave knows that Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun have become the biggest threat to my Great Qing Kingdom, and the Ming Dynasty cannot last for a long time, and it is already a situation of fragmentation. The servant thought that how to seize the opportunity to weaken the strength of the Zheng family army was the most important matter, and the servant suggested that the emperor ask Hong Chengchou ......"

Huang Taiji stood up suddenly, if it weren't for Fan Wencheng's reminder. He almost forgot about Hong Chengchou.

After Hong Chengchou surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he did not get the reuse of Huang Taiji, and even Abatai led the Eight Banners Army to fight in the customs, Huang Taiji did not inform Hong Chengchou, let alone seek Hong Chengchou's opinion, Huang Taiji surrendered Hong Chengchou, the most important purpose is to weaken the power of the Ming court, and at the same time set an example for those civil and military ministers of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty is kind to the Han people, and the capable Han people surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and they can also be officials in the court.

Huang Taiji knew that Hong Chengchou was capable and was a rare talent with both civil and military skills in the Ming Dynasty, but in his bones, Huang Taiji would not really believe in the Han people, except for Fan Wencheng.

Fan Wencheng's reminder reminded Huang Taiji of Hong Chengchou, maybe Hong Chengchou would have unique insights on how to weaken the power of the Zheng family's army, or how to provoke internal strife in the Ming Dynasty.

"Wen Cheng, what you said is very good, why didn't I think of Hong Chengchou, and immediately announced the decree and summoned Hong Chengchou into the palace......"

After the surrender of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Chengchou's mood was also up and down, in his heart he felt ashamed of himself, the dignified prince and prince, the military department Shangshu, and the Jiliao superintendent actually surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, I am afraid that the scholars of the Ming Dynasty will regard him as the biggest traitor, and they want to get rid of it quickly, but the matter has come to this, Hong Chengchou has no choice, since he has surrendered, then do things well under the hands of Huang Taiji.

Hong Chengchou believes that his ability will definitely be appreciated by Huang Taiji.

It's a pity that he thought wrong, after surrendering, although he had no worries about food and clothing, he couldn't participate in the government at all, and he had nothing to do all day long, and became a dispensable person.

This made Hong Chengchou very painful, he once thought about finding Fan Wencheng in private, but because of his face, he was not easy to speak, until he knew that Abatai led the Eight Banners Army to enter the customs to conquer, and then secretly found Fan Wencheng and expressed his intention to do things.

When he saw Fan Wencheng that time, Hong Chengchou remembered very clearly, his first sentence was that the Eight Banners Army should not enter the customs at this time to fight, obviously diverting the main contradiction, but he did not finish his words, because Fan Wencheng was very busy and did not have time to listen to his analysis.

Hong Chengchou was very sad and thought that he had no hope, but what he didn't know was that his suggestion had been written down by Fan Wencheng, and the later development of the gaffe made Fan Wencheng feel that Hong Chengchou's suggestion was correct.

Hong Chengchou, who fell into despair, almost stayed at home, just reading and writing every day, and had nothing else to do.

When the emperor's guards came to announce the decree, Hong Chengchou was a little dazed and didn't know what was going on.

didn't have time to prepare and clean up, Hong Chengchou followed the guards to the Dazheng Palace.

There are only Huang Taiji and Fan Wencheng in the Great Palace.

Hong Chengchou knelt down to salute Huang Taiji, how unaccustomed he was to this action, and now he has gotten used to it.

"Lord Hong, there are a lot of things going on during this time, and I haven't had time to ask about your current situation, and life is okay."

"Thank you for the emperor's concern, everything is fine with the minion."

"Lord Hong, hurry up, I have something I need to ask for your advice."

Huang Taiji was very direct, and after Hong Chengchou stood up, he asked Fan Wencheng to report on the relevant situation, focusing on the current situation in the Ming Dynasty.

Hong Chengchou listened very carefully, and when Fan Wencheng introduced the situation, he thought about interrupting several times, but he couldn't help it.

Hong Chengchou's action, Huang Taiji and Fan Wencheng both noticed.

After Fan Wencheng finished speaking, Huang Taiji spoke.

"I saw that Lord Hong wanted to speak several times, but he didn't, why is that?"

"The minion thought of something and wanted to ask Lord Fan, but Master Fan later explained everything clearly, and the minion had nothing to ask."

Huang Taiji nodded slightly and stopped talking.

It was Fan Wencheng's turn to speak.

"Lord Hong once said that it is not very appropriate for the King of Rao Yu to lead the Eight Banners Army into the Guannei to fight, and the emperor wants to know the reason, and he also asks Lord Hong to explain."

Hong Chengchou sorted out his thoughts a little and quickly spoke.

"Your Majesty, the slave knows the situation faced by the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty is already in the wind and rain at this time, and its internal contradictions are enough to make the Ming Dynasty collapse, at this time, the Qing Dynasty should sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, so that the internal disputes within the Ming Dynasty become more and more intense, whether it is Li Zicheng attacking the capital of the Ming Dynasty, or Zheng Xunrui expanding to the north, they all need to fight, in this case, the Qing Dynasty is recuperating, and when the several parties to the fight are damaged, suddenly launch an attack, then the world can be determined......"

A smile appeared on Huang Taiji's face.

"What Lord Hong said is very good, I have been busy with some boring things during this time, and I didn't think of asking Lord Hong's advice, it seems to be a big mistake, I don't know what else Lord Hong has to suggest."

"The slave thinks that the Zheng army in southern Liaoning is quite a threat, the emperor can send an envoy to discuss with the Zheng army in southern Liaoning, the well water of the two sides does not violate the river water, and they are safe and sound, Liaodong, the Eight Banners Army firmly controls Jinzhou and Ningyuan and other places, do not continue to attack, must not attack Shanhaiguan, let Liaodong temporarily calm down, the emperor can even send an envoy to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and agree that the two sides will live peacefully in Liaodong and not invade each other, in this case, you can wait for the outbreak of internal strife in the Ming Dynasty."

Not only Huang Taiji nodded, but even Fan Wencheng nodded, Hong Chengchou's suggestion is indeed good.

However, Hong Chengchou has not finished speaking.

"The slave knows that the biggest enemy of the Ming court is actually Zheng Xunrui, once Liaodong is pacified, the Ming court will definitely try to deal with Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun, and at the same time will send troops to exterminate the Liukou, so that the north and the Central Plains can not be stabilized, the slave thinks that whether it is the victory of the Liukou, or the victory of the Zheng army, it is beneficial to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty takes advantage of this time, a good rest, gather strength, and wait until the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty reaches the point of being out of control, and then send troops to conquer, You're sure to win a big victory......"

Huang Taiji stood up with a smile and clapped his hands gently.

"What Lord Hong said is so good, I agree very much, and Lord Fan will discuss with Lord Hong more things in the future." (To be continued.) )