This is the meeting place of the Great Golden Heavenly Mandate Khan, with precious furs on the floor, low tables on them, and swords and bows on the walls, which do not look like a royal palace, but like the golden horde of Mongolian nobles.

Nurhachi is fifty-eight years old, but his hair is still jet black, he can't find a few white ones, his eyes are extremely bright, and he is awe-inspiring in anticipation, he has only been a little more than a year old, but it has been a long time since he dominated and unified the Jurchen tribes.

Although Nurhachi has been fighting for many years, he has not suffered much since he was in his twenties, but this Jurchen chief is not like many foreigners, obsessed with the clothing, food, housing and transportation of the Ming Dynasty, and pursues the extravagant enjoyment of the interior of the Ming Dynasty.

"The two flags of positive yellow and inlaid yellow are divided into 1,600, and the red flag is less divided, and the inlaid blue and the positive blue, as well as how to divide the other flags of positive and white, and we will discuss it tomorrow!" There was a pause in Nurhachi's speech.

Huang Taiji hung his hand to the side, but he didn't hear the pause, the yellow flag and the yellow flag were led by the Great Khan, the white flag was under his own jurisdiction, the red flag was Dai Shan, the blue flag was Amin, and the blue flag was Mang Gurtai, so to speak, what he could get was a little more than those little Baylors.

Of course, Huang Taiji was unwilling to this distribution, but there was no expression on his expression, he just nodded in response, the land of white mountains and black waters was bitterly cold, and not many men lived past sixty years old, and Huang Taiji also knew that many people were talking about how long the Great Khan could live, and the big and small Baylors had their own thoughts, and there were also people from all walks of life who found Huang Taiji, and these Huang Taiji were either reprimanded or silent, and did not express it at all.

The Great Khan can live for a long time, even if he doesn't have a few years to live, he will still kill, even if he is soft on his own son.

At the beginning, the eldest brother Chu Ying was made the heir, and he felt that he was the second person under the Great Khan, and he had to take a large share of the distribution of people's property, and asked others to obey him, and the relatives and chieftains were dissatisfied, and then the Great Khan disposed of Chu Ying mercilessly.

Before that, the Great Khan always said that Chu Ying was his most outstanding son, Huang Taiji heard the Han people around him, and also confirmed from the mouths of those merchants who walked the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was ruled by the Emperor of the Zhu family, and everyone else could only surrender, but Huang Taiji also knew that Dajin was not the Aixin Jueluo family, at least not now, the lords and nobles of the various departments were dissatisfied, and the Great Khan had to express something.

However, Huang Taiji thought more, he felt that the Great Khan himself also wanted to kill Chu Ying, this eldest son was too disobedient, and always wanted to inherit the Khan's throne, in this position, there was no father-son affection.

Since then, Huang Taiji has been very cautious, never revealing a trace of thought about the sweat position, just doing his part.

Huang Taiji picked up a few important things he presided over and said, Nurhachi listened very carefully, at this time, a few children's laughter came in, Nurhachi immediately a little distracted, a smile appeared on his face, waved his hand and said: "Let's discuss it together tomorrow, you did a good job, go back and prepare!" ”

"Amma, can Ama reprimand and restrain Amin, he is too unscrupulous, directly conniving at his minions to rob merchants, killing people indiscriminately at every turn, ten days ago, more than sixty Ming people were killed by his subordinate Jia Lae Zhen, it is said that even the Ming side was alarmed." Huang Taiji said patiently.

Hearing this, Nurhachi's face showed a trace of impatience, stroked his beard and said: "If we don't move our own people, the Han people will be killed and killed, are these things worth talking about?" ”

"Amma, we are preparing to do something to the Ming Kingdom, and we also need the merchants of the Ming Kingdom to come over to trade and accumulate all kinds of things used in the war, Amin did this, scared people away, who dared to come over to do business, and even brought the news over there, and Amin did not punish him, many people under each banner followed suit, and if this continues, we will go to buy things with North Korea, they have few things there, and the price is high."

"These North Koreans who should be thundered!" Nurhachi's face had turned ugly.

Huang Taiji smiled bitterly in his heart, he was talking about Amin, but the Great Khan was angry when he heard the name of North Korea, it turned out that it was very inconvenient for North Korean caravans to go to Daming, and they often trafficked goods to the territory of Jianzhou Jurchen, and then bought the Ming goods here and returned, and there were many Ming merchants who came here, and even Li Chengliang's private business warehouse was directly here.

Because of this geographical advantage, the Jianzhou Jurchen can be a middleman businessman, can accommodate the production and sales of various ethnic groups in Baishan and Heishui, and live a very comfortable life, but just a few years ago, North Korea and Daming opened another trade route, along this route can directly reach Daming, Jianzhou was gradually abandoned, Jianzhou Jurchen's income plummeted, and the years have not been good, the newly built Dajin has been a little stormy, and the merged ministries have also had a centrifugal tendency.

If you can't lead everyone to get rich, if you can't import a lot of money to sustain it, then this big gold will collapse.

Nurhachi has been dealing with Daming since he was a child, and he sees the external strength of Liao Town very clearly, and he already has a plan to start a war, since there is such a fat sheep on his side, he must let go and grab it.

However, although the target is Daming, when it comes to North Korea, Nurhachi can't help but show disgust.

"I know it, Amin will send someone over to reprimand, you go back!" Nurhachi quickly made a decision.

Sending someone over to reprimand, that is, privately sending someone over to say a few words, with Amin's temperament, he doesn't care at all, and will continue to act like this, and Huang Taiji can't help but be a little anxious if he goes on like that.

However, he didn't reflect this emotion, just silently responded, said goodbye and walked out. After walking two steps, I heard the Great Khan Nurhachi behind him say: "Amin still remembers the matter of his Amma, and has always hated our family, everyone can see this, let him make trouble, the more he tosses, the more people don't like him, and when the time is right, the blue flag can be taken over, and our family will take care of it, when the time comes, no one will make irresponsible remarks, and the flag with the blue flag will not make trouble." ”

Huang Taiji was excited, and hurriedly turned around and said: "What Ama taught is that the child understands that this time the child is confused!" ”

The blue flag is the largest flag of the Eight Banners, the earliest was Nurhachi's younger brother Shuerhaqi in charge, although it was not called the blue flag at that time, the sky is no two, the Jianzhou Jurchen is strong, and the two brothers also have a dispute, Nurhachi nailed Shulhaqi in a wooden box and suffocated to death, but this incident provoked a great backlash under the Shulhaqi flag.

In such a situation, Nurhachi did not dare to do anything else, so he had to give the position of the banner owner to Shulhaqi's son Amin, which was considered stable.

Jianzhou Jurchen Eight Banners, in addition to this blue flag, the remaining seven flags are either directly led by Nurhachi, or under the control of his son, it is impossible to say that there is no intention of plotting against this blue flag.

However, among the Jianzhou Jurchens, Nurhachi is supreme, and Shulhaqi's branch also has its own supporters, so it is impossible to tear his face and swallow it directly.

In the Dajin Kingdom, including the Jurchen and Mongol tribes that are not under the jurisdiction of Dajin, they all feel that the Great Khan is a hero and hero who is unparalleled in the world, as if the current situation of Dajin is relying on the courage and martial arts.

But Huang Taiji didn't think so, if it was just a brave warrior, he would not have established this big gold, and he would not have completely digested the Ullah, Nikan and other departments, if it was just a brave warrior, Shuerhaqi would not have died, and Chu Ying would not have died

Thinking of Chu Ying, Huang Taiji only felt trembling in his heart, but there was no expression in his expression, and he just walked out under the guidance.

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In the forty-fifth year of Wanli in Shandong, there were a few snowfalls around the first month, and in addition, not half a drop of water fell in the sky, and the experienced people of Shandong have understood that this is another drought.

Melting snow still makes the ground a little wet, but soon everything will dry up and turn into a hell on earth like last year's.

In every year of disaster and famine, the poor households with no permanent property can not support it first, and then the small households, according to the order of the rich and the poor, except for those real big and huge families, no one can escape such a year.

At the beginning of the famine, small and medium-sized landlords collected and annexed a lot of scattered fields by lending money to collect debts, and then the famine continued, and they could not support it, so they went bankrupt one after another, and their industries and the fruits of annexation were eaten by the big and powerful.

Next, many big tyrants can't support it, and they are devoured by the tyrants at a higher level, and the tyrants at this level are the most beneficiaries, and they often have the background of the official family behind them, and they can get all kinds of support from the government.

But the famine did not only cause starvation and bankruptcy, but also the gathered displaced people and the swarming horse thieves, the homeless people wandered everywhere to impact the big eaters, the horse bandits looted everywhere, the so-called big families and powerful may not be able to withstand such an impact, many rich families were opened, families were ruined, and their land was also taken away.

Can withstand the impact of the homeless bandits, are a solid earthen fence wooden village, there are enough regiments to train the village brave, not to do well but also have the help of officers and soldiers, the rest of these people are self-contained, in their own enclosure to say the same, is equivalent to an independent kingdom, in such a situation, the government may not even do self-protection, and there is nothing to be done against these tyrants, because in most places in Shandong, there is really no royal law outside the city, although there is not much royal law in the city.

There are three families in Shandong that have earned great benefits, two are in the Ming, one is in the dark, the two in the Ming are the Yan Shenggong Confucius Mansion and the pro-vassal Lu Wang, one is the descendant of the saint, the top relatives of the hereditary family, a descendant of the Son of Heaven, the prince of one word, the family has a big business, countless savings, no matter how heavy the famine is, it will not affect these two, even if the accumulation is exhausted, the court and the local government will do their best to make up for it.