Dolgon believed that the Jurchens had too few soldiers and horses, and suggested that the Mongols and Han Chinese should be incorporated into the army to ensure the number and combat effectiveness of the soldiers. His proposal was immediately opposed by Mang Gurtai, who thought that it would be okay to use the Mongols, and in the words of the Han people, forget it, the Han people are all slaves, and they are not of our race, and their hearts will be different. Pointing to them to help fight the war, if they turn against each other halfway, it will not be good for my daughter.

The words of both people made sense, and after hearing it, Tiancong Khan did not make a decision immediately, this was because he intended to ask for the opinion of one person. Who is this man? It's Fan Wencheng.

Although it was a high-level meeting, Fan Wencheng was also present, but Huang Taiji thought that it was not suitable for him to discuss with Fan Wencheng here.

So, Tiancong Khan said: "Dolgon, Mang Gurtai, what you two said is reasonable, but the expansion of the army is a major matter, and it cannot be decided all at once. Well, Ben Khan will consider it, and the matter will be decided tomorrow when it is discussed. Is there anything else you guys are up to? If not, disperse. ”

Dolgon had such a good heart, he understood that Huang Taiji was planning to discuss with Fan Wencheng, so he immediately responded: "Yes, Great Khan." ”

After the group left, Huang Taiji returned to his study and asked Fan Wencheng to accompany him. Needless to say, Fan Wencheng's scheming immediately guessed the meaning of Huang Taiji, and along the way, he was secretly thinking about how to answer.

Coming to the study, Huang Taiji sat down behind the bookcase. Fan Wencheng knelt on the ground and saluted, "The slave knocks on the Great Khan." ”

"Mr. Fan, get up." Huang Taiji waved his hand, motioned for Fan Wencheng to get up, and then said: "This is Ben Khan's study, don't be stubborn." Just sit down on the side. ”

"Xie Da Khan." Fan Wencheng stood up and sat down on the chair where he was lower.

Immediately after, he listened to Huang Taiji say: "Mr. Fan, you were also present at the meeting just now, Dolgon proposed to integrate the Mongols and Han into the army, and Mang Gurtai thought that the most Mongols should be incorporated into the army, what do you think about this matter?" ”

"Great Khan. Six Baylor's words are true. We Jurchens only have eight banners of iron horses, 60,000 horses, galloping outside the pass, it may be enough, but if you want to do more in the future, it is absolutely not enough. So, the minions were very much in favor of Six Baylor's suggestion. Integrating the Mongols and Han Chinese into the army, it is even possible to form the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty. Fan Wencheng said.

"Establish the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners ......of the Han Dynasty," Huang Taiji groaned and said, "How many people do you need for this?" Meng Baqi, but you can barely make it up. But the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, will those Han people who have been taken captive really submit to us? And after the establishment of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, there was no suitable commander of the army? ”

"Most of the Han people captured by the Great Khan were slaves, and although they had no power to resist, they inevitably harbored resentment, which would have a great impact on the future development of my Dajin. If the contradictions between the Jurchens and the Han can be eased, I am sure. It won't be long before my Daikin will become stronger. The minion thought. After the Han Chinese, he drew strong men to join the army. Their families can enjoy the treatment of military households, and even let them live in the city, which can also show the benevolence of the Great Khan and the trust of the Great Khan in them. In addition, it is better to govern the Han people with Han, and improve the treatment of some generals and officials, and they will work harder for the Great Khan when they get benefits. Similarly, when Han people join the flag and serve as soldiers, they will be rewarded for their merits, and it will also increase their enthusiasm. With status, food and clothing, they feel that life is better than in the Ming Dynasty, and they will definitely be loyal to the Great Khan. Fan Wencheng suggested.

As a traitor, Fan Wencheng can be said to be the best among traitors, he has done everything that traitors can do, and he has also done many things that traitors can't do. It can be said that compared with Fan Wencheng and Wang Jingwei and others, that is, the traitor's grandson met the traitor's ancestor, and the gap is too big.

"Hmm." Hearing this, Huang Taiji nodded solemnly and said, "Listening to Mr. Ben Khan's words, Ben Khan has benefited a lot." According to what Mr. said, ease the contradiction between my Jurchen and the Han people, so that they can willingly become my Dajin's slaves. Sir, since the preparation of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty always needs generals, who do you think will do it? ”

"Li Yongfang, Liu Xingzuo, Tong Yangxing and others can all be generals, presiding over the affairs of the Han military flag, if they can recruit the Ming army to surrender in the future, and select capable people to replace the command, that is." Fan Wencheng said.

"Okay, then do as the gentleman wants. Ming Japanese Khan announced that the Han Eight Banners and the Mongolian Eight Banners would be formed again. Huang Taiji said.

"Great Khan, the establishment of the Han and Mongolian Eight Banners, we still need to measure the soldiers and materials, although we have grabbed some when we enter the customs, but it is far from enough. So the slave wondered, should I let Fan Yongdou and Tian Shenglan do more in the Guannei. Also, my Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, has always come and gone like the wind, and I don't want to carry artillery and other siege weapons, but now there are Han Eight Banners, these siege weapons can be escorted by them, and when attacking the city, they can really come in handy. Is it for them to purchase some as well. Fan Wencheng said.

"This suggestion is good, in the future, artillery or something, it will be handed over to Han Baqi. I'm going to send a letter and ask them to buy more munitions and artillery, and the more the better. ”

In the following days, the Jurchen side began to be busy preparing for the construction of the Han and Mongolian Eight Banners. During this period, he had to grind his tongue with Yuan Chonghuan and negotiate.

In the city of Beijing, Lord Yue explained the task today, which is about the issue of knighting the Li family. Because of the importance of the matter, officials of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang said that they would study it carefully and reply tomorrow.

After getting off work, the ministers of the three parties went to Qi Shijiao's house, and everyone discussed the matter of knighting Li Wenzhang. A mere earl is just a free time, in fact, it is not worth a few dollars, how can there be no precedent for a merchant to be knighted, if this thing is agreed, even if you don't do it well, you will be scolded. How can the official let go of such a thing.

A few people studied it, and finally thought that if they refused directly, they would not only offend Yue Su, but also offend the Li family, their friendship with the Li family was quite good, and they always took other people's favors when they had nothing to do. So, it's not okay to refuse.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I don't think we should object to this matter, tell Yue Su tomorrow, and we agree. That is, if you sign your name on the fold, the fold will be handed to the celebrant and handed to the Queen Mother, and if the Queen Mother agrees or not, it is none of our business. Wouldn't it be best if we didn't offend both? Although those officials will complain and scold, they probably can't scold us, there is Yue Su on top, what do we have to worry about, don't you scold him. ”

Qi Shijiao made a concluding statement and expressed his promise to Yue Su.

After the agreement was completed, at the cabinet meeting on the second day, Yue Su mentioned the matter of giving the Li family a knighthood, and the officials of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang immediately unanimously agreed. Your Lord Yue writes an excerpt, and we sign it. The officials of the Yue Party actually didn't want to agree, what is the point of asking for an empty title, the cabinet passed it collectively, and the Queen Mother has no reason to be allowed, after all, Lord Yue is a minister of Tuogu. However, those officials must not be idle, and they will definitely go to the book to join us, and it will be really difficult to do it when the time comes.

Last night, Yue Party officials asked Yang Yishan to lobby at Yue Su's mansion, hoping that Yue Su could give up the matter, but Yue Su's attitude was very resolute, and he must do what he promised. 800,000 stone of grain, how many lives can be saved, only to exchange for an empty title, is the court still at a loss?

Yang Yishan knew Yue Su, and seeing that Yue Su had made up his mind, he could only stand on Yue Su's side and express his support, and the Yue Party officials had nothing to say, so they couldn't have infighting among their own families at this time.

The cabinet unanimously approved the chapter of the emperor's knighthood on the Li family.

Such a unanimous vote of the cabinet passed, the celebrant felt that it was inappropriate, and it was impossible to retreat, so he had to hand it over to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother is not the emperor after all, if there is a disagreement in the cabinet and the two factions cannot reach an agreement, at this time the Queen Mother can also borrow the name of the emperor and borrow the help of the celebrant to make a final decision. Now that the cabinet has reached an agreement, and Minister Tuogu is also there, it is impossible to say. However, if it is approved, it is even more impossible to say, what do you Yue Su mean, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a merchant knighted, and the merchant has the lowest status, you don't know, how can you set this precedent, isn't this embarrassing for our orphans and widows.

It's not allowed, but the cabinet has all passed, and to put it bluntly, it's almost stamped, and there's nothing to do without your queen mother. And the credit of the Li family is there, and he doesn't seem to have any reason to be inaccurate.

She looked at Zou Yi who sent the fold and said, "Zou Qing, you have also seen this fold, Yue Su wants to knight the Li family, what do you think should be done about this?" Is the mourning family allowed or not? ”

"In this matter, from the bright side, the Li family donated 800,000 stones of grain and saved countless people, which was beneficial to the country and could be regarded as a great contribution to the society. 800,000 stone grain and rice, how many people can be saved, based on this merit alone, if the Li family is not a businessman, it is reasonable to give a knighthood. But now the question is whether the fact that the Li family is a businessman, standing in another corner, can it be said that the Li family spent money to buy this title. 800,000 stone grain, for an earl. As long as this matter is accurate, it is bound to spread all over the city, how can those officials not say that this is the Li family to buy the title, if all the businessmen in the world follow suit, do they want to be knighted one by one, then the title of the court is too easy. There is another point, that is, Li Wenzhang is Lord Yue's father-in-law Taishan, and it must be no less to say that Lord Yue is pretending to be public and private. Zou Yi looked far away and expressed his own opinions.

What Zou Qing said is extremely true, and the mourning family also thinks so, and I don't know if Yue Qing's family thinks of this. Otherwise, you can invite him to the Heart Cultivation Hall now, and say that the emperor wants to see him and have something to discuss. Zhang Yan said.

If you don't send it in the middle of the recital, it depends on whose excerpt it is, and Lord Yue's excerpt is not good. Zhang Yan also read it, so she could only communicate with Yue Su and do work with him, hoping that Yue Su could take back this chapter, and save it for everyone.

It's just that Lord Yue will take it back?

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