Chapter 489: Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty
"Improve the status and number of Han people in the army" Hearing these words, the brows of several Tartar generals subconsciously wrinkled.
Seeing that Huang Taiji did not speak, but fell into deep thought.
Grumpy, a general who has the strength of the Houjin First Banner in his hands. It's as if something that belongs to you has been snatched away by someone else, and you directly speak out against it.
"No, our Houjin has always paid attention to the superiority and inferiority since I was born, the Han people are our slaves, this is the rule set by our ancestors, and it must not be changed"
"As for increasing the number of Han people in the army, it will be even more difficult After the proportion of Han people in the Later Jin army increases, can we really master this army. Will the Han people, who have a lot of weapons, obey our commands, fight for us, and die for us?"
As soon as the words of this Tartar general were finished, the other Tartar general looked at Fan Wencheng's gaze, which had already become hateful invisibly, and pointed at Fan Wencheng and scolded.
"Yes, the Han people are born to be our slaves, and they will never be able to turn over"
"Fan Wencheng, you asked the Great Khan to improve the status of the Han people in the army, and increase the number of Han people in the army, is there any ulterior secret, do you want to lead these Han troops to rebel and betray the Great Khan, and betray the Houjin State"
"Yes, it must be like this, the Han people are more numerous in the army, and they can rebel against the Great Khan, for the future of Houjin. For the stability of the post-Jin army. We must not accede to this request. ”
Inside the main hall. Except for a few of Huang Taiji's descendants, who kept silent because Huang Taiji did not speak. The opinions of the other Tartar generals were as if they had been discussed, and they were surprisingly unexpected.
That is against the idea.
Because, after the status of the Han people in the army is raised, the interests of these people in the army will undoubtedly suffer great losses. So, for their own benefit. For the sake of the so-called dignity and humility, everyone raised objections without thinking about it
Just when a few Tartar generals were making noise in the main hall. Huang Taiji, the founder of the entire Qing Empire, was analyzing this proposal proposed by Fan Wencheng with a contemplative face.
As an aspiring Great Khan, from the beginning of his ascension, Huang Taiji held the idea of winning the Ming Dynasty in his lifetime and making Houjin the master of the world.
However, to defeat the Ming Dynasty. Tens of thousands of Han Chinese ruled the Ming Dynasty. A crucial prerequisite is that the Houjin of his own rule must have sufficient strength. Especially military strength.
However, in order to accomplish this ambition, the price you need to pay is far greater than you imagined.
Because, the unique system of the four kings of the Later Jin Dynasty to lead the Eight Great Banners of the Later Jin Dynasty doomed Huang Taiji to not be able to fully grasp the military power of the Eight Great Banners of the Later Jin Dynasty. Without complete military power, if you want to realize your ambition to defeat the Ming Dynasty, it will become an impossible thing.
Because of this, since he ascended the throne, Huang Taiji has been trying his best to weaken the ruling power of the other three kings over the Eight Great Banners of the Later Jin, increase his own rights in the Later Jin, and grasp the military power step by step.
However, under the constraints of the ancestral system, no matter how hard you try. In the case of a few years, it was only after winning the military power of the two major flags of Zhengbai and inlaid with white.
Coupled with the military power of the two banners of Zhenghuang and Huang, as the Great Khan of the Later Jin, he only controlled less than half of the military power of the Later Jin. The reason why I can't say half of it is because there are still many tribal leaders in the two banners of Zhengbai and inlaid white, and they have not really attached themselves to themselves and become their confidants.
Under such circumstances, if you want to fulfill your ambitions in a short period of time and increase the military power in your hands, you can only change your methods and find another way out.
And the opinions put forward by Fan Wencheng in front of him, at this time, are like a key, all the questions in his mind are solved at once, and his mind directly has a feeling of sudden enlightenment.
Since there is no way to take the military power of the four banners of red, red, blue, and blue, he will increase the army of Houjin. Tong guò increased the army, reduced the proportion of these four banners in the rear march, and thus increased his own power in the rear army, step by step to control the entire rear army.
As for the various worries raised by these subordinates in front of him, Huang Taiji didn't take it to heart at all.
In Huang Taiji's eyes, as long as he placed a Houjin warrior in the middle of these Han armies as an officer. No matter how many Han Chinese in the Later Army were, it was impossible for them to rebel against the Houjin.
Because, in the absence of a strong commander, no matter how many Han people gather together, it will be a plate of scattered sand, and it is impossible to pose a threat to the rear army.
Besides, with the cowardly character of the Han people, no matter how bold they are, they will not dare to rebel against their masters.
As for the so-called ancestral system, Huang Taiji doesn't care about it even more.
If the ancestral system is really followed, the Later Army will not leave the mountains and forests, learn the Han culture, give up hunting, and turn to grazing and farming, increasing the national strength of the Later Jin Dynasty little by little.
Under such circumstances, a very bold idea came to Huang Taiji's mind little by little.
Like the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the millions of Han people in the Later Jin Dynasty were used to establish the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, which had a strength not lower than the Eight Banners of Manchuria.
If he arranges all the eight commanders of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty as his own people, he will completely control the military power of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty. As the Great Khan, he will control more than seventy percent of the military power of the Houjin.
With military power, you can realize your ambitions step by step.
Besides, in the case of limited Manchurian warriors, if the Han people in Houjin are not transferred, the Han Eight Banners will be formed. The strength of the Houjin army will never be expanded.
As the wars in the future become bigger and bigger, the enemies encountered will become more and more formidable. The losses of the post-march will also be greater and greater. In this way, without the young and strong people in the clan to replenish it, the strength of the Houjin army will become weaker and weaker
Therefore, only by expanding the number of Han people in the army will the Later Jin army become more and more courageous, and there will be no embarrassing situation of insufficient troops.
Therefore, the formation of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty increased the proportion of Han people in the later army. Even if Fan Wencheng doesn't put forward this idea, sooner or later, he will put it forward.
Of course, there is another reason, which is also an important factor in Huang Taiji's decision to form the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty.
Through Guò's understanding of the Haw Par Army, Huang Taiji knew that if the Houjin Kingdom wanted to defeat the Haw Par Army, the only way to form its own firearms unit was to form its own firearms unit like the Haw Par Army.
However, everyone knows that the Eight Banners of Manchuria are good at riding and shooting, but not good at firearms.
Therefore, in the entire Later Jin State, the best candidates to form a firearms unit were the Han people.
However, if we do not change the servile status of the Han people in the Later Jin Army, even if we let these Han people form firearms units, these firearms units will not really be of use to me.
Therefore, it is imperative to improve the status of the Han people in the army and increase the number of Han people in the army.
So, under the gaze of a pair of shocked eyes in front of him, Huang Taiji directly said with an astonishing affirmation: "I agree with the idea of the military advisor, increase the proportion of Han people in the army, and improve the status of Han people in the army." ”
"Not only that, but Benhan also intends to separate the Han Chinese from the army and form a new army."
"The name of this army is the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, which echoes our warriors of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. Only in this way will the Han people of our Houjin Kingdom truly become our people and serve our Houjin."
"Of course, in order to prevent these Han people from plotting against each other after they have weapons and military power, in the middle of the Han Eight Banners where Jin is about to form generals after the rebellion, all the main generals are all held by our Manchurian warriors. The Han Chinese can only serve as a deputy and do not have the right to drop troops."
Faced with Huang Taiji's decision with almost no loopholes, several Tartar generals could only keep their mouths shut in embarrassment.
Because, Huang Taiji's decision has solved all the problems they are worried about.
In this case, if you still do not agree with Huang Taiji's decision, it is to challenge Huang Taiji's authority in Houjin.
In the hierarchical Houjin, as long as they do this kind of thing that challenges the royal power, even if they are the masters of the Eight Great Banners of the Houjin, they will only be dismissed by Huang Taiji, and even the end of the extinction of the clan.
Therefore, in the face of the royal power, these people can only give up their immediate interests and watch Huang Taiji form the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty and grasp more and more military power in the Houjin Kingdom.
Under the leadership of Fan Wencheng and these Han ministers, it was not seen for a few days, and the news that the Great Khan Emperor Taiji decided to improve the status of the Han people in the army and form the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty spread like a gust of wind in the Houjin Kingdom.
In the face of this news, the Han people, who had been staying in the Houjin Kingdom as slaves and were inferior to pigs and dogs, began to be confident in the future as if they had eaten chicken blood.
In order to get rid of their slave status, these Han people, who had been oppressed by the Tatars all the year round, did not hesitate to make the decision to join the army and join the Han Eight Banners.
Of course, the status of Emperor Taiji of the Later Jin Great Khan in the hearts of these Han slaves also rose to the top invisibly because of the formation of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty and the promotion of the status of the Han people.
Huang Taiji was in full swing, and at the same time as the Later Jin State formed the Han Eight Banners, he did not forget that more than 10,000 tiger and leopard troops were burning and looting in the territory of the Later Jin Kingdom.
In order to prevent the Haw Par Army from gaining a foothold in Liaodong, and not allowing the Haw Par Army to continue to burn, kill and loot in the territory of the Houjin Kingdom. Huang Taiji directly dispatched his most elite 10,000 elites with yellow flags, went to the battlefield, and drove the tiger and leopard army out of Houjin with lightning speed.
In addition, Huang Taiji also transferred 3,000 elites from Zhenghuang Banner to 500 people to disperse into Liaodong, harass the Tiger and Leopard Army, and prevented the Tiger and Leopard Army from gaining a foothold in Liaodong, so as to prepare for the future counterattack of the Later Jin State in Liaodong and the elimination of the Tiger and Leopard Army (to be continued......